diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index affd1cf8c0..7b2d448aba 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.05.2"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_SDL2
+	bool "fluidsynth sdl2 audio support removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  FluidSynth SDL2 audio support was removed in v2.5.0.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOSTAPD_DRIVER_HOSTAP
 	bool "hostapd hostap driver removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/fluidsynth/Config.in b/package/fluidsynth/Config.in
index 66fb07f45e..206824560b 100644
--- a/package/fluidsynth/Config.in
+++ b/package/fluidsynth/Config.in
@@ -84,15 +84,11 @@ comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar, threads
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_MMU || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_SDL2
-	bool "sdl2"
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_SDL3
+	bool "sdl3"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SDL3
 	help
-	  Enable SDL2 audio support.
-
-comment "SDL2 audio support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	  Enable SDL3 audio support.
 
 comment "Misc options"
 
@@ -114,6 +110,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_FLOATS
 	  Enable 32-bit single precision float support, instead of
 	  64-bit double precision floats for DSP samples.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_NATIVE_DLS
+	bool "Native DLS soundfont"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
+	help
+	  Enable the native DLS soundfont format support.
+
+comment "native dls soundfont support needs gcc >= 7"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_READLINE
 	bool "readline"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
diff --git a/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.hash b/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.hash
index 9953997692..0d727e75e6 100644
--- a/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.hash
+++ b/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  7fb0e328c66a24161049e2b9e27c3b6e51a6904b31b1a647f73cc1f322523e88  fluidsynth-2.4.7.tar.gz
-sha256  9b872a8a070b8ad329c4bd380fb1bf0000f564c75023ec8e1e6803f15364b9e9  LICENSE
+sha256  ce27840221ab00dd59bf27e85ecbba480c6c2a7c9fbec4243658f68f59c07f4a  fluidsynth-2.5.7.tar.gz
+sha256  20e50fe7aae3e56378ebf0417d9de904f55a0e61e4df315333e632a4d3555d95  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk b/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk
index e06afe4a07..1d6cb118ff 100644
--- a/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk
+++ b/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION = 2.4.7
+FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION = 2.5.7
 FLUIDSYNTH_SITE = $(call github,FluidSynth,fluidsynth,v$(FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION))
 FLUIDSYNTH_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 FLUIDSYNTH_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ else
 FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-libsndfile=0
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_NATIVE_DLS),y)
+FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-native-dls=1
+else
+FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-native-dls=0
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_PORTAUDIO),y)
 FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-portaudio=1
 FLUIDSYNTH_DEPENDENCIES += portaudio
@@ -67,11 +73,11 @@ else
 FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-readline=0
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_SDL2),y)
-FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-sdl2=1
-FLUIDSYNTH_DEPENDENCIES += sdl2
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_SDL3),y)
+FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-sdl3=1
+FLUIDSYNTH_DEPENDENCIES += sdl3
 else
-FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-sdl2=0
+FLUIDSYNTH_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-sdl3=0
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)