diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/template b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
index 72549c71bd7..7a47c539928 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'freetype'
 pkgname=freetype
-version=2.12.1
-revision=2
+version=2.13.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-freetype-config"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ short_desc="Font rendering engine and library API"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, FTL"
 homepage="https://www.freetype.org/"
-distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=4766f20157cc4cf0cd292f80bf917f92d1c439b243ac3018debf6b9140c41a7f
+# Should be using NONGNU_SITE instead, but that often redirects to outdated
+# mirrors, causing fetching the distfile to fail.
+distfiles="https://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=5ee23abd047636c24b2d43c6625dcafc66661d1aca64dec9e0d05df29592624c
 
 post_patch() {
 	vsed -i -e "s/%PKG_CONFIG%/pkg-config/" builds/unix/freetype-config.in