diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/json-c b/config/rootfiles/common/json-c
index dbf87f32c..c92c46937 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/json-c
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/json-c
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 #usr/lib/cmake/json-c/json-c-targets.cmake
 #usr/lib/libjson-c.so
 usr/lib/libjson-c.so.5
-usr/lib/libjson-c.so.5.4.0
+usr/lib/libjson-c.so.5.5.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/json-c.pc
diff --git a/lfs/json-c b/lfs/json-c
index 2669e3825..b988e0b0f 100644
--- a/lfs/json-c
+++ b/lfs/json-c
@@ -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        = 0.18
+VER        = 0.19
 
 THISAPP    = json-c-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = d39bab289976cb2f76bcf3ad8254f7f5b4d11e2aa4dedebd60dc7d131a3f6ec57beacdc575aeeb191cf449d16c549d424172e78464731eeb66305f47f72371c2
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 9d0d96520f6c3f8708d2ff3dd98de49b34982b88e8b3eecd5bb706a2fbca0dd79b23a40b4e30efb6162dd96ffaf986580814826627dda4719e61b727402911c7
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 -i $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/json-c-0.18_allow_build_with_cmake_4.0.0.patch
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && mkdir -pv build
 	cd $(DIR_APP)/build && cmake .. \
 	  			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
diff --git a/src/patches/json-c-0.18_allow_build_with_cmake_4.0.0.patch b/src/patches/json-c-0.18_allow_build_with_cmake_4.0.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index faff25de5..000000000
--- a/src/patches/json-c-0.18_allow_build_with_cmake_4.0.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- json-c-0.18/apps/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-09-15 18:15:01.000000000 +0200
-+++ json-c-0.18/apps/CMakeLists.txt	2025-05-06 19:08:35.807635404 +0200
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- 
--cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)  # see ../CMakeLists.txt for why 2.8
-+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9...3.12)
- 
- if(POLICY CMP0075)
-     cmake_policy(SET CMP0075 NEW)