diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libpng b/config/rootfiles/common/libpng
index f41f58151..06b4a8556 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libpng
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libpng
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ usr/lib/libpng.so
 #usr/lib/libpng16.la
 usr/lib/libpng16.so
 usr/lib/libpng16.so.16
-usr/lib/libpng16.so.16.44.0
+usr/lib/libpng16.so.16.45.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpng.pc
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpng16.pc
 #usr/share/man/man3/libpng.3
diff --git a/lfs/libpng b/lfs/libpng
index 563991327..679320299 100644
--- a/lfs/libpng
+++ b/lfs/libpng
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.6.44
+VER        = 1.6.45
 
 THISAPP    = libpng-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 61064dd83f40a7e2e60ff723a568b7d0cda95aa80621a211aee7127b9783fbfc20cd82a2fe2d03584cbf9ab77c5444e3e008ac5ccc7f64af6e858ebcbcb78822
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 4905c7ee3d0e0b63add6f196883e37f1a62bdc6a02f92bc16c9e70c3b2ee202eec00c8ef619e2d8bda37c7de392eebddcbb94255f4eecb953e765cf1b45d53b1
 
 install : $(TARGET)