diff --git a/media-libs/blend2d/Manifest b/media-libs/blend2d/Manifest
index 776feac4b0..d0485bd862 100644
--- a/media-libs/blend2d/Manifest
+++ b/media-libs/blend2d/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST blend2d-0.11.4.tar.gz 2047624 BLAKE2B d2d9985e365a465d36e8a500a7fdf55e392370aec92af5d0059bcddd16ef590122fdfeff74c3ee4cacc06ca63e2434e56bbc477e25989d842c7512143d771323 SHA512 23d22e7aeccea66345cf9d2f3a6c96a16f899aaec611a8bdaa29a1f03ea40d02d2627d6b12661f0a9bc49405258e90bf23cf008310bf1f25309fb27a05d5f533
 DIST blend2d-0.12.0.tar.gz 2113309 BLAKE2B 174def212ac2c01405a3e6340fe0d42cb0a1a40b6b6c9bf26a93ec517e3b3b29a047a3a1d018c2af87a6a7f164974c52cf232f893ed2956a5d58d4b8a2126d9b SHA512 16d4338b012d6c9e066359d587fca6a1432b742fad948f22776df09598678e06b3b668964376c0297af2d7b7475d34313351c6e72071b5034454518d773ec7b1
+DIST blend2d-0.21.2.tar.gz 2707380 BLAKE2B 284c819c87abcba340d2ff9b3f9ca3103270ccddeeb081b18f1381d33d7ae114d43cecd1f4b8fc99ffae9750b973b6d4b45f9be344122218fb6f5e093b1ebf32 SHA512 783204fd59f14f0348d6c67965b9a0ca589f12d7f3e293712578995790d20a121e1dfea5982ee36393cc1f83e64c1872ed989dda7d83fb762cecc1273a78e74a
diff --git a/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.12.0.ebuild b/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.12.0.ebuild
rename to media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
index 07b1fad928..1c4a0880c3 100644
--- a/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	jit? (
-		>=dev-libs/asmjit-2024.10.25
-		<dev-libs/asmjit-2025.06.15
+		>=dev-libs/asmjit-2024.10.25:=
+		<dev-libs/asmjit-2025.06.15:=
 	)
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.11.4-r2.ebuild b/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.21.2.ebuild
similarity index 74%
rename from media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.11.4-r2.ebuild
rename to media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.21.2.ebuild
index 66125f7771..537d217da8 100644
--- a/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.11.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-0.21.2.ebuild
@@ -20,22 +20,14 @@ SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
 IUSE="+jit test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-RDEPEND="
-	jit? (
-		>=dev-libs/asmjit-2024.10.25
-		<dev-libs/asmjit-2025.06.15
-	)
-"
+RDEPEND="jit? ( >=dev-libs/asmjit-2025.10.12:= )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 DOCS=( README.md CONTRIBUTING.md )
 PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/blend2d-0.11.4-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.21.2-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch"
 )
 
-# see https://github.com/blend2d/blend2d/issues/217
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS="bl_test_image_io"
-
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DBLEND2D_NO_JIT=$(usex !jit)
diff --git a/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-9999.ebuild
index cfaf90bb06..537d217da8 100644
--- a/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/blend2d/blend2d-9999.ebuild
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
 IUSE="+jit test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-RDEPEND="jit? ( >=dev-libs/asmjit-2025.06.15 )"
+RDEPEND="jit? ( >=dev-libs/asmjit-2025.10.12:= )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 DOCS=( README.md CONTRIBUTING.md )
 PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/blend2d-0.11.4-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.21.2-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch"
 )
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/media-libs/blend2d/files/blend2d-0.21.2-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch b/media-libs/blend2d/files/blend2d-0.21.2-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc9c19868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/blend2d/files/blend2d-0.21.2-avoid-adding-O2-to-cflags-gentoo-bug-943226.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 638acd5..0c225b5 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ if ("x${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC" OR "x${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONT
+ 
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS_DBG -GS)                                   # [+] Buffer security-check.
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS_REL -GS-)                                  # [-] Buffer security-check.
+-  list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS_REL -O2)                                   # [+] Favor speed over size.
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS_REL -Oi)                                   # [+] Generate Intrinsic Functions.
+ 
+   if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
+@@ -655,7 +654,6 @@ elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS -fno-math-errno)                           # [-] Disable math functions setting errno (performance reasons).
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS -fno-threadsafe-statics)                   # [-] Don't add guards when initializing statics (we don't need it).
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti)                 # [-] Disable exceptions and RTTI (we never throw, we don't need RTTI).
+-  list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS_REL -O2)                                   # [+] Compiling with -O2 in release mode is what we generally want.
+   list(APPEND BLEND2D_PRIVATE_CFLAGS_REL -fmerge-all-constants)                 # [+] We don't need unique address per constant (merging improves library size).
+ 
+   # -fno-semantic-interposition is not available on apple - the compiler issues a warning, which is not detected.