diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake
index 242dc4debad..eac8e94b539 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/versions.cmake
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ set(OPENEXR_VERSION 2.2.1)
 set(OPENEXR_URI http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/openexr-${OPENEXR_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(OPENEXR_HASH 421815c32989e1b98fc4798ee754c433)
 
-set(FREETYPE_VERSION 291)
-set(FREETYPE_URI http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/ft${FREETYPE_VERSION}.zip)
-set(FREETYPE_HASH 6ca68fc28e443a05f756075d3b1dcb54)
+set(FREETYPE_VERSION 2.9.1)
+set(FREETYPE_URI http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-${FREETYPE_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(FREETYPE_HASH 3adb0e35d3c100c456357345ccfa8056)
 
 set(GLEW_VERSION 1.13.0)
 set(GLEW_URI http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glew/glew/${GLEW_VERSION}/glew-${GLEW_VERSION}.tgz)