diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/fontconfig b/config/rootfiles/common/fontconfig
index 14c4975bd..6edee6d4f 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/fontconfig
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/fontconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
 etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf
 etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf
 etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf
+etc/fonts/conf.d/48-guessfamily.conf
 etc/fonts/conf.d/48-spacing.conf
 etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf
 etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ etc/fonts/fonts.conf
 usr/bin/fc-cache
 usr/bin/fc-cat
 usr/bin/fc-conflist
+usr/bin/fc-genconf
 usr/bin/fc-list
 usr/bin/fc-match
 usr/bin/fc-pattern
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ usr/bin/fc-validate
 #usr/include/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
 #usr/lib/libfontconfig.so
 usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
-usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.16.0
+usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.17.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc
 #usr/share/fontconfig
 #usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail
diff --git a/lfs/fontconfig b/lfs/fontconfig
index 6755dbda8..42e2e21da 100644
--- a/lfs/fontconfig
+++ b/lfs/fontconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  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        = 2.17.1
+VER        = 2.18.1
 SUMMARY    = Library for configuring and customizing font access
 
 THISAPP    = fontconfig-$(VER)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 6a25826efacd177c89613aa63b0c94312129af500fb0f5a24de3bb16146b68cc42e45d80b020096286f15b730e0cbf0e640d57024f57299caec4a31b6d178ba9
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 57fc8c71e670081236e711bf1703ff2821ec4b823bbe51a5e3d3515d4dc3a696d946beaa546edb75562a0e8300db5683f60f38ed31069713601248264198ac27
 
 install : $(TARGET)