diff --git a/3rdparty/ext_freetype/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/ext_freetype/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cb4683053..034b947f6f 100644
--- a/3rdparty/ext_freetype/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/ext_freetype/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 SET(PREFIX_ext_freetype "${EXTPREFIX}" )
 if(APPLE OR UNIX)
 ExternalProject_Add( ext_freetype
 	DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-	URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/freetype-2.6.5.tar.gz
-    URL_MD5 31b2276515d9ee1c7f37d9c9f4f3145a
+	URL https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.10.1.tar.gz
+    URL_MD5 c50a3c9e5e62bdc938a6e1598a782947
         
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=${PREFIX_ext_freetype} ${GLOBAL_AUTOMAKE_PROFILE}
     BUILD_COMMAND make
     INSTALL_COMMAND make install
 
     UPDATE_COMMAND ""
 )
 else()
 ExternalProject_Add( ext_freetype
 	DOWNLOAD_DIR ${EXTERNALS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-	URL http://files.kde.org/krita/build/dependencies/freetype-2.6.5.tar.gz
-    URL_MD5 31b2276515d9ee1c7f37d9c9f4f3145a
+	URL https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.10.1.tar.gz
+    URL_MD5 c50a3c9e5e62bdc938a6e1598a782947
         
     INSTALL_DIR ${PREFIX_ext_freetype}
     CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX_ext_freetype} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${GLOBAL_BUILD_TYPE} ${GLOBAL_PROFILE}        
 
     UPDATE_COMMAND ""
 )
 endif()