diff --git a/ci/constants.py b/ci/constants.py
index 52a996c90f..cc1d9ea70a 100644
--- a/ci/constants.py
+++ b/ci/constants.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class TargetPython(Enum):
     'libtorrent',
     # pybind11 build fails on macos
     'pybind11',
+    # pygame (likely need to be updated) is broken with newer SDL2 versions
+    'pygame',
 ])
 
 BROKEN_RECIPES = {
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/patches/SDLActivity.java.patch b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/patches/SDLActivity.java.patch
index 71d2537e7c..434be4e8ba 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/patches/SDLActivity.java.patch
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/patches/SDLActivity.java.patch
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 --- a/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
-@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
+@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
+ 
      // This is what SDL runs in. It invokes SDL_main(), eventually
      protected static Thread mSDLThread;
- 
-+    public static int keyboardInputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD;
 +
++    public static int keyboardInputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD;
+ 
      protected static SDLGenericMotionListener_API12 getMotionListener() {
          if (mMotionListener == null) {
-             if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26) {
-@@ -324,6 +326,15 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
+@@ -323,6 +325,15 @@
+         Log.v(TAG, "Model: " + Build.MODEL);
          Log.v(TAG, "onCreate()");
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
- 
++
 +        SDLActivity.initialize();
 +        // So we can call stuff from static callbacks
 +        mSingleton = this;
@@ -21,11 +22,10 @@
 +    // We don't do this in onCreate because we unpack and load the app data on a thread
 +    // and we can't run setup tasks until that thread completes.
 +    protected void finishLoad() {
-+
+ 
          try {
              Thread.currentThread().setName("SDLActivity");
-         } catch (Exception e) {
-@@ -835,7 +846,7 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
+@@ -837,7 +848,7 @@
      Handler commandHandler = new SDLCommandHandler();
  
      // Send a message from the SDLMain thread
@@ -34,28 +34,30 @@
          Message msg = commandHandler.obtainMessage();
          msg.arg1 = command;
          msg.obj = data;
-@@ -1384,6 +1395,20 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
+@@ -1385,7 +1396,22 @@
+             return null;
+         }
          return SDLActivity.mSurface.getNativeSurface();
++    }
++
++    /**
++    * Calls turnActive() on singleton to keep loading screen active
++    */
++    public static void triggerAppConfirmedActive() {
++        mSingleton.appConfirmedActive();
      }
- 
-+      /**
-+      * Calls turnActive() on singleton to keep loading screen active
-+      */
-+     public static void triggerAppConfirmedActive() {
-+         mSingleton.appConfirmedActive();
-+     }
++  
++    /**
++     * Trick needed for loading screen, overridden by PythonActivity
++     * to keep loading screen active
++     */
++    public void appConfirmedActive() {
++    }
 + 
-+     /**
-+      * Trick needed for loading screen, overridden by PythonActivity
-+      * to keep loading screen active
-+      */
-+     public void appConfirmedActive() {
-+     }
-+
+ 
      // Input
  
-     /**
-@@ -1878,6 +1903,7 @@ class SDLMain implements Runnable {
+@@ -1881,6 +1907,7 @@
  
          Log.v("SDL", "Running main function " + function + " from library " + library);
  
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@
          SDLActivity.nativeRunMain(library, function, arguments);
  
          Log.v("SDL", "Finished main function");
-@@ -1935,8 +1961,7 @@ class DummyEdit extends View implements View.OnKeyListener {
+@@ -1938,8 +1965,7 @@
      public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
          ic = new SDLInputConnection(this, true);
  
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
index ebf7b29e82..a2dc8798ae 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
             env['USE_SDL2'] = '1'
             env['KIVY_SPLIT_EXAMPLES'] = '1'
             sdl2_mixer_recipe = self.get_recipe('sdl2_mixer', self.ctx)
+            sdl2_image_recipe = self.get_recipe('sdl2_image', self.ctx)
             env['KIVY_SDL2_PATH'] = ':'.join([
                 join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL', 'include'),
-                join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_image'),
+                *sdl2_image_recipe.get_include_dirs(arch),
                 *sdl2_mixer_recipe.get_include_dirs(arch),
                 join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_ttf'),
             ])
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
index 99124deff7..b77240e1b9 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
@@ -42,13 +42,18 @@ def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
             for include_dir in sdl2_mixer_recipe.get_include_dirs(arch):
                 sdl_mixer_includes += f"-I{include_dir} "
 
+            sdl2_image_includes = ""
+            sdl2_image_recipe = self.get_recipe('sdl2_image', self.ctx)
+            for include_dir in sdl2_image_recipe.get_include_dirs(arch):
+                sdl2_image_includes += f"-I{include_dir} "
+
             setup_file = setup_template.format(
                 sdl_includes=(
                     " -I" + join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL', 'include') +
                     " -L" + join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, "libs", str(arch)) +
                     " -L" + png_lib_dir + " -L" + jpeg_lib_dir + " -L" + arch.ndk_lib_dir_versioned),
                 sdl_ttf_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_ttf'),
-                sdl_image_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_image'),
+                sdl_image_includes=sdl2_image_includes,
                 sdl_mixer_includes=sdl_mixer_includes,
                 jpeg_includes="-I"+jpeg_inc_dir,
                 png_includes="-I"+png_inc_dir,
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py
index e04458a793..8d5fbc2dc2 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@
 
 
 class LibSDL2Recipe(BootstrapNDKRecipe):
-    version = "2.26.1"
+    version = "2.28.5"
     url = "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-{version}/SDL2-{version}.tar.gz"
-    md5sum = 'fba211fe2c67609df6fa3cf55d3c74dc'
+    md5sum = 'a344eb827a03045c9b399e99af4af13d'
 
     dir_name = 'SDL'
 
     depends = ['sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf']
 
-    patches = ['sdl-orientation-pr-6984.diff']
-
     def get_recipe_env(self, arch=None, with_flags_in_cc=True, with_python=True):
         env = super().get_recipe_env(
             arch=arch, with_flags_in_cc=with_flags_in_cc, with_python=with_python)
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/sdl-orientation-pr-6984.diff b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/sdl-orientation-pr-6984.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index bbe2ca2243..0000000000
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/sdl-orientation-pr-6984.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
-index 2d7d69b76a25..edb42fb55461 100644
---- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
-+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
-@@ -971,15 +971,18 @@ public void setOrientationBis(int w, int h, boolean resizable, String hint)
-         /* If set, hint "explicitly controls which UI orientations are allowed". */
-         if (hint.contains("LandscapeRight") && hint.contains("LandscapeLeft")) {
-             orientation_landscape = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_LANDSCAPE;
--        } else if (hint.contains("LandscapeRight")) {
--            orientation_landscape = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
-         } else if (hint.contains("LandscapeLeft")) {
-+            orientation_landscape = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
-+        } else if (hint.contains("LandscapeRight")) {
-             orientation_landscape = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
-         }
- 
--        if (hint.contains("Portrait") && hint.contains("PortraitUpsideDown")) {
-+        /* exact match to 'Portrait' to distinguish with PortraitUpsideDown */
-+        boolean contains_Portrait = hint.contains("Portrait ") || hint.endsWith("Portrait");
-+
-+        if (contains_Portrait && hint.contains("PortraitUpsideDown")) {
-             orientation_portrait = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_PORTRAIT;
--        } else if (hint.contains("Portrait")) {
-+        } else if (contains_Portrait) {
-             orientation_portrait = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
-         } else if (hint.contains("PortraitUpsideDown")) {
-             orientation_portrait = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py
index a91c6f1bc2..b3ac504fbf 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@
 
 
 class LibSDL2Image(BootstrapNDKRecipe):
-    version = '2.6.2'
+    version = '2.8.0'
     url = 'https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image/releases/download/release-{version}/SDL2_image-{version}.tar.gz'
     dir_name = 'SDL2_image'
 
     patches = ['enable-webp.patch']
 
+    def get_include_dirs(self, arch):
+        return [
+            os.path.join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, "jni", "SDL2_image", "include")
+        ]
+
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
         # We do not have a folder for each arch on BootstrapNDKRecipe, so we
         # need to skip the external deps download if we already have done it.
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py
index 0f02c4c3a4..a00c267d49 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 class LibSDL2Mixer(BootstrapNDKRecipe):
-    version = '2.6.2'
+    version = '2.6.3'
     url = 'https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_mixer/releases/download/release-{version}/SDL2_mixer-{version}.tar.gz'
     dir_name = 'SDL2_mixer'
 
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py
index 4934bd4a67..9f97ae441c 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 class LibSDL2TTF(BootstrapNDKRecipe):
-    version = '2.20.1'
+    version = '2.20.2'
     url = 'https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/releases/download/release-{version}/SDL2_ttf-{version}.tar.gz'
     dir_name = 'SDL2_ttf'