diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif/CVE-2026-3949.patch b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif/CVE-2026-3949.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ef5d9c1ee4..0000000000
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif/CVE-2026-3949.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-From cba59e7671a36a78e31c0490efe74ec226918580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dirk Farin <dirk.farin@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:32:48 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] vvdec: check that NAL size does not exceed data size (#1712)
-
-CVE: CVE-2026-3949
-Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/b97c8b5f198b27f375127cd597a35f2113544d03]
-Signed-off-by: Gyorgy Sarvari <skandigraun@gmail.com>
----
- libheif/plugins/decoder_vvdec.cc | 17 +++++++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/libheif/plugins/decoder_vvdec.cc b/libheif/plugins/decoder_vvdec.cc
-index 09515720..14b3e9fd 100644
---- a/libheif/plugins/decoder_vvdec.cc
-+++ b/libheif/plugins/decoder_vvdec.cc
-@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct vvdec_decoder
-   std::string error_message;
- };
- 
-+static const char kEmptyString[] = "";
- static const char kSuccess[] = "Success";
- 
- static const int VVDEC_PLUGIN_PRIORITY = 100;
-@@ -179,9 +180,25 @@ heif_error vvdec_push_data2(void* decoder_raw, const void* frame_data, size_t fr
- 
-   const auto* data = (const uint8_t*) frame_data;
- 
-+  if (frame_size < 4) {
-+    return {
-+      heif_error_Decoder_plugin_error,
-+      heif_suberror_End_of_data,
-+      kEmptyString
-+    };
-+  }
-+
-   for (;;) {
-     uint32_t size = four_bytes_to_uint32(data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3]);
- 
-+    if (frame_size < 4 + size) {
-+      return {
-+        heif_error_Decoder_plugin_error,
-+        heif_suberror_End_of_data,
-+        kEmptyString
-+      };
-+    }
-+
-     data += 4;
- 
-     std::vector<uint8_t> nalu;
diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif_1.21.2.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif_1.23.1.bb
similarity index 90%
rename from meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif_1.21.2.bb
rename to meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif_1.23.1.bb
index ab29fa3b02..ee86fd3bc5 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif_1.21.2.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libheif/libheif_1.23.1.bb
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:powerpc64le = "null"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/strukturag/libheif.git;protocol=https;branch=master;tag=v${PV} \
-           file://CVE-2026-3949.patch \
-           "
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/strukturag/libheif.git;protocol=https;branch=master;tag=v${PV}"
 
-SRCREV = "62f1b8c76ed4d8305071fdacbe74ef9717bacac5"
+SRCREV = "2c4bbb54c2738d4a5efbbe3e5fa1d5d76bb88eb0"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig