diff --git a/build/windows/get-sdl2-dlls.bat b/build/windows/get-sdl2-dlls.bat
index a01556581..e167104cb 100644
--- a/build/windows/get-sdl2-dlls.bat
+++ b/build/windows/get-sdl2-dlls.bat
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 
 set EXTRACT_COMMAND=7z x -y
 set SDL2_VERSION=2.26.4
-set SDL2_IMAGE_VERSION=2.6.3
+set SDL2_IMAGE_VERSION=2.8.1
 set SDL2_MIXER_VERSION=2.6.3
 
 rem PLEASE NO SPACES IN SDL2_* VARIABLES