diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75ffc9f82..3a4103d06 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/FreeImage/Dist/x64
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/freetype/include
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/pugixml/src
-                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/SDL2-2.24.1)
+                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/SDL2-2.26.1)
 elseif(EMSCRIPTEN)
     set(COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS ${COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/curl/include
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ if(APPLE)
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfreeimage.a
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libfreetype.6.dylib
                          ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libpugixml.a
-                         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0.dylib)
+                         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib)
 elseif(WIN32)
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES MSVC)
         set(COMMON_LIBRARIES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/avcodec.lib
diff --git a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
index 085391144..5b1274b9a 100644
--- a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
         PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libfreetype.6.dylib
         PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
-    install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0.dylib
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib
         PERMISSIONS ${APPLE_DYLIB_PERMISSIONS} DESTINATION ../MacOS)
 
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE DESTINATION ../Resources)
diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat
index 0ebb03b56..3b7ce6342 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat
@@ -140,26 +140,26 @@ cd ..
 echo:
 echo Setting up SDL
 
-if exist SDL2-2.24.1\ (
-  rmdir /S /Q SDL2-2.24.1
+if exist SDL2-2.26.1\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q SDL2-2.26.1
 )
 
-curl -LO https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.24.1-VC.zip
+curl -LO https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.26.1-VC.zip
 
-7z x SDL2-devel-2.24.1-VC.zip
+7z x SDL2-devel-2.26.1-VC.zip
 
-if not exist SDL2-2.24.1\ (
+if not exist SDL2-2.26.1\ (
   echo SDL directory is missing, aborting.
   cd ..
   goto end
 )
 
-cd SDL2-2.24.1
+cd SDL2-2.26.1
 rename include SDL2
 cd ..
-copy /Y SDL2-2.24.1\lib\x64\SDL2.dll ..
-copy /Y SDL2-2.24.1\lib\x64\SDL2.lib ..
-copy /Y SDL2-2.24.1\lib\x64\SDL2main.lib ..
+copy /Y SDL2-2.26.1\lib\x64\SDL2.dll ..
+copy /Y SDL2-2.26.1\lib\x64\SDL2.lib ..
+copy /Y SDL2-2.26.1\lib\x64\SDL2main.lib ..
 
 echo:
 echo Setting up FFmpeg
diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh
index 198073db2..9f5ebbdd9 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh
@@ -83,20 +83,20 @@ cd ..
 echo -e "\nSetting up SDL"
 rm -rf SDL2-*
 
-curl -O https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.24.1-mingw.tar.gz
+curl -O https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.26.1-mingw.tar.gz
 
-tar xvzf SDL2-devel-2.24.1-mingw.tar.gz
+tar xvzf SDL2-devel-2.26.1-mingw.tar.gz
 # Needed due to some kind of file system race condition that sometimes occurs on Windows.
 sleep 1
 
-if [ ! -d SDL2-2.24.1 ]; then
+if [ ! -d SDL2-2.26.1 ]; then
   echo "SDL directory is missing, aborting."
   exit
 fi
 
-mv SDL2-2.24.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 SDL2-2.24.1/
-cp -p SDL2-2.24.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libSDL2main.a ..
-cp -p SDL2-2.24.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/SDL2.dll ..
+mv SDL2-2.26.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 SDL2-2.26.1/
+cp -p SDL2-2.26.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libSDL2main.a ..
+cp -p SDL2-2.26.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/SDL2.dll ..
 
 echo -e "\nSetting up FFmpeg"
 rm -rf ffmpeg-*
diff --git a/tools/create_AppImage.sh b/tools/create_AppImage.sh
index 8e60e4466..99da19b6b 100755
--- a/tools/create_AppImage.sh
+++ b/tools/create_AppImage.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # How many CPU threads to use for the compilation.
 JOBS=4
 
-SDL_RELEASE_TAG=release-2.24.1
-SDL_SHARED_LIBRARY=libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2400.1
+SDL_RELEASE_TAG=release-2.26.1
+SDL_SHARED_LIBRARY=libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2600.1
 
 echo "Building AppImage..."
 
diff --git a/tools/create_AppImage_SteamDeck.sh b/tools/create_AppImage_SteamDeck.sh
index 12d24b575..6dd30e303 100755
--- a/tools/create_AppImage_SteamDeck.sh
+++ b/tools/create_AppImage_SteamDeck.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # How many CPU threads to use for the compilation.
 JOBS=4
 
-SDL_RELEASE_TAG=release-2.24.1
-SDL_SHARED_LIBRARY=libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2400.1
+SDL_RELEASE_TAG=release-2.26.1
+SDL_SHARED_LIBRARY=libSDL2-2.0.so.0.2600.1
 
 echo "Building Steam Deck AppImage..."
 
diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
index 789666679..a59d1ce57 100755
--- a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S .. -B .
 make clean
 make -j${JOBS}
-cp libSDL2-2.0.dylib ../../..
+cp libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib ../../..
 cd ../..
 
 echo "\nBuilding libvpx"
diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
index ef358f3f0..c1c432484 100755
--- a/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ if [ ! -d SDL ]; then
 fi
 
 cd SDL
-git checkout release-2.24.1
+git checkout release-2.26.1
 ln -s include SDL2
 mkdir build
 cd ..