diff --git a/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml b/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
index 00d9d3762b..50a738553e 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-http
            "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum        "d110d7a2636d420ae6ed9d2cf92002a4">
+  <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum        "95261910ea727b5dd116b06fbfd84b1f">
   <!ENTITY fontconfig-size          "1.4 MB">
   <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize     "17 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY fontconfig-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 9ecaa2bfd3..83ff6dd620 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>January 27th, 2023</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to fontconfig-2.14.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17573">#17573</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to geoclue-2.7.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17572">#17572</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 1a69afd35f..d92f873b68 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY babl-version                 "0.1.98">
 <!ENTITY exiv2-version                "0.27.6">
 <!ENTITY freetype2-version            "2.12.1">
-<!ENTITY fontconfig-version           "2.14.1">  <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
+<!ENTITY fontconfig-version           "2.14.2">  <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY fribidi-version              "1.0.12">
 <!ENTITY gegl-version                 "0.4.40">
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.2.1">