diff --git a/package/python-pymupdf/Config.in b/package/python-pymupdf/Config.in
index cd4c8cfcbb..54714eb3bf 100644
--- a/package/python-pymupdf/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-pymupdf/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYMUPDF
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # mupdf -> harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # mupdf -> harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MUPDF
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
diff --git a/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.hash b/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.hash
index a5a53997cd..ee7a916519 100644
--- a/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.hash
+++ b/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pymupdf/json
-md5  0e924bbb7364ba63df65d33fee9656f0  PyMuPDF-1.16.0.tar.gz
-sha256  1a6cc5b8b0fb9aa16bfa453fdfed445398f00d2556e78d90ba54cdce8d900857  PyMuPDF-1.16.0.tar.gz
+md5  70d6c2232e531772bbe9a813044262f9  PyMuPDF-1.18.14.tar.gz
+sha256  efe85cb80f79cc3f3890aa2ab82b962b8a999ca078e33e9bacc5d0be5c4656dc  PyMuPDF-1.18.14.tar.gz
+# Locally computed:
+sha256  282751b8c98ee9e445346eb57a992c9ecbe25ed8dd554df046777313e19b10f9  COPYING
diff --git a/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.mk b/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.mk
index 9f8d1744b1..ceeeb0a55b 100644
--- a/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.mk
+++ b/package/python-pymupdf/python-pymupdf.mk
@@ -4,21 +4,24 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# python-pymupdf's version must match exactly mupdf's version
-PYTHON_PYMUPDF_VERSION = 1.16.0
+# python-pymupdf's version must match mupdf's version
+PYTHON_PYMUPDF_VERSION = 1.18.14
 PYTHON_PYMUPDF_SOURCE = PyMuPDF-$(PYTHON_PYMUPDF_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYMUPDF_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d2/da/692102b6e6868a57d1dc7f98d07413116a02493b3b49a798dcd6f676d368
-PYTHON_PYMUPDF_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+PYTHON_PYMUPDF_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/f6/dbefe3d6949fa81fb7bcac9141e4345330d272724718ac5a6af78297498b
+PYTHON_PYMUPDF_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYMUPDF_LICENSE = GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0+ (code generated from mupdf)
+PYTHON_PYMUPDF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # No license file included in pip, but it's present on github
-PYTHON_PYMUPDF_DEPENDENCIES = mupdf zlib
+PYTHON_PYMUPDF_DEPENDENCIES = freetype mupdf zlib
 
-PYTHON_PYMUPDF_ENV = CFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mupdf"
+PYTHON_PYMUPDF_ENV = CFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mupdf -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/freetype2"
 
 # We need to remove the original paths as we provide them in the CFLAGS:
 define PYTHON_PYMUPDF_REMOVE_PATHS
-	sed -i "s:\/usr\/include\/mupdf::g" $(@D)/setup.py
-	sed -i "s:\/usr\/local\/include\/mupdf::g" $(@D)/setup.py
+	sed -i "/\/usr\/include\/mupdf/d" $(@D)/setup.py
+	sed -i "/\/usr\/include\/freetype2/d" $(@D)/setup.py
+	sed -i "/\/usr\/local\/include\/mupdf/d" $(@D)/setup.py
+	sed -i "/mupdf\/thirdparty\/freetype\/include/d" $(@D)/setup.py
 endef
 
 PYTHON_PYMUPDF_POST_PATCH_HOOKS = PYTHON_PYMUPDF_REMOVE_PATHS