diff --git a/changes/3042.misc.rst b/changes/3042.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e594b30656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/3042.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated fonttools from 4.55.2 to 4.55.3 in /testbed.
diff --git a/testbed/pyproject.toml b/testbed/pyproject.toml
index 70c47f0d6c..7999a0ecbf 100644
--- a/testbed/pyproject.toml
+++ b/testbed/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test = [
     # fonttools is only needed by Android, but we need to use
     # sys.platform == 'linux' as there's no dependency identifier
     # that can target Android exclusively until 3.13 lands.
-    "fonttools==4.55.2 ; sys.platform == 'linux'",
+    "fonttools==4.55.3 ; sys.platform == 'linux'",
     "pillow==11.0.0",
     "pytest==8.3.4",
     "pytest-asyncio==0.24.0",