diff --git a/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-CI.txt b/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-CI.txt
index 4db5c12d..bf37bbd3 100644
--- a/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-CI.txt
+++ b/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-CI.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ executing==2.2.1
 fastjsonschema==2.21.2
 flake8==7.3.0
 flake8_import_order==0.19.2
-fonttools==4.60.1
+fonttools==4.61.0
 h5py==3.14.0
 id==1.5.0
 idna==3.11
diff --git a/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-JUPYTER.txt b/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-JUPYTER.txt
index 4dbe8314..c1b6d1ca 100644
--- a/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-JUPYTER.txt
+++ b/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-JUPYTER.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ entrypoints==0.4
 exceptiongroup==1.3.1
 executing==2.2.1
 fastjsonschema==2.21.2
-fonttools==4.60.1
+fonttools==4.61.0
 fqdn==1.5.1
 h11==0.16.0
 h5py==3.14.0
diff --git a/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-NAPARI-CI.txt b/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-NAPARI-CI.txt
index 6e0db165..7b9fd822 100644
--- a/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-NAPARI-CI.txt
+++ b/requirements/REQUIREMENTS-NAPARI-CI.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ executing==2.2.1
 fasteners==0.20
 flexcache==0.3
 flexparser==0.4
-fonttools==4.60.1
+fonttools==4.61.0
 freetype-py==2.5.1
 fsspec==2025.9.0
 h5py==3.14.0
diff --git a/starfish/REQUIREMENTS-STRICT.txt b/starfish/REQUIREMENTS-STRICT.txt
index 58d42f58..b5c0e9d8 100644
--- a/starfish/REQUIREMENTS-STRICT.txt
+++ b/starfish/REQUIREMENTS-STRICT.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ contourpy==1.3.0
 cycler==0.12.1
 diskcache==5.6.3
 docutils==0.19
-fonttools==4.60.1
+fonttools==4.61.0
 h5py==3.14.0
 idna==3.11
 imageio==2.37.2