diff --git a/GLMakie/Project.toml b/GLMakie/Project.toml
index 55d4858564b..07d349bccc6 100644
--- a/GLMakie/Project.toml
+++ b/GLMakie/Project.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ColorTypes = "0.9, 0.10, 0.11"
 Colors = "0.11, 0.12"
 FileIO = "1.6"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0.7, 0.8"
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.10"
+FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.11"
 GLFW = "3"
 GeometryBasics = "0.4.1"
 Makie = "=0.19.0"
diff --git a/WGLMakie/Project.toml b/WGLMakie/Project.toml
index 2137710200c..4182319c8c8 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/Project.toml
+++ b/WGLMakie/Project.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
 [compat]
 Colors = "0.11, 0.12"
 FileIO = "1.1"
-FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.10"
+FreeTypeAbstraction = "0.11"
 GeometryBasics = "0.4.1"
 Hyperscript = "0.0.3, 0.0.4"
 ImageMagick = "1.1"
diff --git a/src/conversions.jl b/src/conversions.jl
index 937d624592e..987a2a5da0b 100644
--- a/src/conversions.jl
+++ b/src/conversions.jl
@@ -946,7 +946,8 @@ function load_font(str::String)
 
     font = if (ft_path = get(FONT_PATHS, str, nothing)) !== nothing
         if (ft = load_font_from_path(ft_path, false)) === nothing
-            ft = find_and_load_font(str)  # can be invalidated on relocation, hard reload
+            # font path can be invalidated on relocation so find the font again, and load it
+            ft = find_and_load_font(str)
         end
         ft
     elseif isfile(str)  # check if the string points to a font file and load that