diff --git a/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
index 499cf1f..11b6232 100644
--- a/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups.d/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ ac_cv_path_GPGRT_CONFIG=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/bin/gpgrt-config"};
 : ${PKG_LIBPCAP_CONFIG_CACHE_EXTRA:="ac_cv_lbl_unaligned_fail=no"};
 : ${PKG_LIBPCAP_SUBDIR:="libpcap-libpcap-${PKG_LIBPCAP_VERSION}"};
 : ${PKG_LIBPNG_DEPENDS:="libz"};
-: ${PKG_LIBPNG_SHA256SUM:=535b479b2467ff231a3ec6d92a525906fb8ef27978be4f66dbe05d3f3a01b3a1};
-: ${PKG_LIBPNG_VERSION:=1.6.40};
+: ${PKG_LIBPNG_SHA256SUM:=6a5ca0652392a2d7c9db2ae5b40210843c0bbc081cbd410825ab00cc59f14a6c};
+: ${PKG_LIBPNG_VERSION:=1.6.43};
 : ${PKG_LIBPNG_URL:=https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/conglomeration/libpng/libpng-${PKG_LIBPNG_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_LIBPSL_DEPENDS:="libidn2 libunistring libiconv"}
 : ${PKG_LIBPSL_SHA256SUM:=e35991b6e17001afa2c0ca3b10c357650602b92596209b7492802f3768a6285f};
diff --git a/patches/libpng-1.6.39.local.patch b/patches/libpng-1.6.39.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 008d2ce..0000000
--- a/patches/libpng-1.6.39.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- libpng-1.6.39/Makefile.in.orig	2022-11-20 22:53:23.000000000 +0100
-+++ libpng-1.6.39/Makefile.in	2023-03-27 07:06:20.935851632 +0200
-@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@
- 	rm -f $@ $*.tf[12]
- 	test -d scripts || mkdir scripts || test -d scripts
- 	$(DFNCPP) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)\
--	    $(CPPFLAGS) $(SYMBOL_CFLAGS) $< > $*.tf1
-+	    $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(SYMBOL_CFLAGS) $< > $*.tf1
- 	$(AWK) -f "${srcdir}/scripts/dfn.awk" out="$*.tf2" $*.tf1 1>&2
- 	rm -f $*.tf1
- 	mv $*.tf2 $@