diff --git a/main/font-liberation/APKBUILD b/main/font-liberation/APKBUILD
index 04b9328dcda..c1d5130a667 100644
--- a/main/font-liberation/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/font-liberation/APKBUILD
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 pkgname=font-liberation
 _fontname=${pkgname#font-}
 pkgver=2.1.5
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Fonts to replace commonly used Microsoft Windows fonts"
 url="https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts"
 license="OFL-1.1"
 arch="noarch"
 depends="fontconfig"
+replaces="ttf-liberation<2.1.5"  # for backward compatibility (Alpine <3.16)
 options="!check"
 subpackages="ttf-liberation:_ttf_liberation:noarch"
 # added fontconfig configuration from: