diff --git a/component/fontconfig/buildout.cfg b/component/fontconfig/buildout.cfg
index 58643399d8f9b4ec09a3c9f12e31e813107076fe..37eb1d0bae94764c5701fcd10445d6ec62ce216c 100644
--- a/component/fontconfig/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/fontconfig/buildout.cfg
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ parts =
 
 [fontconfig]
 recipe = hexagonit.recipe.cmmi
-url = http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.8.0.tar.gz
-md5sum = 77e15a92006ddc2adbb06f840d591c0e
+url = http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.9.0.tar.gz
+md5sum = 26c83855ed256b5c032baae032fadc4f
 # XXX-Cedric : should we use --with-add-fonts={somefont:location}/share,{someotherfont:location}/share?
 configure-options =
   --disable-static