diff --git a/package/libheif/libheif.hash b/package/libheif/libheif.hash
index da2516a583..3da82e3e27 100644
--- a/package/libheif/libheif.hash
+++ b/package/libheif/libheif.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  68ac9084243004e0ef3633f184eeae85d615fe7e4444373a0a21cebccae9d12a  libheif-1.20.2.tar.gz
+sha256  9799b4b1c19006f052bcf399c761cc147e279762683cefaf16871dbb9b4ea2a1  libheif-1.21.1.tar.gz
 sha256  fa81ce652315b013359d6e8e4744335f31a50c7c192907176d3632f78a3b4596  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libheif/libheif.mk b/package/libheif/libheif.mk
index d82ec6a0ec..acd302d847 100644
--- a/package/libheif/libheif.mk
+++ b/package/libheif/libheif.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBHEIF_VERSION = 1.20.2
+LIBHEIF_VERSION = 1.21.1
 LIBHEIF_SITE = https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v$(LIBHEIF_VERSION)
 LIBHEIF_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+
 LIBHEIF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING