diff --git a/ci/build-mingw64.sh b/ci/build-mingw64.sh
index ecdf3976c1..820fff8253 100755
--- a/ci/build-mingw64.sh
+++ b/ci/build-mingw64.sh
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ _freetype () {
 _freetype_mark=lib/libfreetype.dll.a
 
 _fribidi () {
-    local ver=1.0.15
+    local ver=1.0.16
     gettar "https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/download/v${ver}/fribidi-${ver}.tar.xz"
     builddir fribidi-${ver}
     meson setup .. --cross-file "$prefix_dir/crossfile" \