diff --git a/recipes/fontconfig/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/fontconfig/all/conanfile.py
index 1a6adb5ab1e22..d003de2461577 100644
--- a/recipes/fontconfig/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/fontconfig/all/conanfile.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def validate(self):
     def build_requirements(self):
         self.tool_requires("gperf/3.1")
         if not self.conf.get("tools.gnu:pkg_config", check_type=str):
-            self.tool_requires("pkgconf/1.9.3")
+            self.tool_requires("pkgconf/2.0.2")
         if self._settings_build.os == "Windows":
             self.win_bash = True
             if not self.conf.get("tools.microsoft.bash:path", check_type=str):