diff --git a/package/libheif/libheif.hash b/package/libheif/libheif.hash
index 26b21e1897..6c129873cb 100644
--- a/package/libheif/libheif.hash
+++ b/package/libheif/libheif.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  c4002a622bec9f519f29d84bfdc6024e33fd67953a5fb4dc2c2f11f67d5e45bf  libheif-1.18.2.tar.gz
-sha256  b2eb4f6588b005bebac44cfb2dfd23f6a16c5ca9b8a619a315158b0215a917a3  COPYING
+sha256  55cc76b77c533151fc78ba58ef5ad18562e84da403ed749c3ae017abaf1e2090  libheif-1.20.1.tar.gz
+sha256  fa81ce652315b013359d6e8e4744335f31a50c7c192907176d3632f78a3b4596  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libheif/libheif.mk b/package/libheif/libheif.mk
index 4783ada19e..f6e14888eb 100644
--- a/package/libheif/libheif.mk
+++ b/package/libheif/libheif.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBHEIF_VERSION = 1.18.2
+LIBHEIF_VERSION = 1.20.1
 LIBHEIF_SITE = https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v$(LIBHEIF_VERSION)
 LIBHEIF_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+
 LIBHEIF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING