diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index be4742f54..7d12321b4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 [submodule "third-party/libdeflate"]
 	path = third-party/libdeflate
 	url = https://github.com/transmission/libdeflate
+	branch = v1.10-plus-cmake
 [submodule "third-party/libpsl"]
 	path = third-party/libpsl
 	url = https://github.com/transmission/libpsl.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04f7c3675..273215521 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 set(PSL_MINIMUM             0.21.1)
 set(CURL_MINIMUM            7.28.0)
 set(CYASSL_MINIMUM          3.0)
-set(DEFLATE_MINIMUM         1.9)
+set(DEFLATE_MINIMUM         1.10)
 set(EVENT2_MINIMUM          2.1.0)
 set(GIO_MINIMUM             2.26.0)
 set(GLIB_MINIMUM            2.50.1)
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ set(THIRD_PARTY_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party)
 
 tr_add_external_auto_library(DEFLATE libdeflate deflate)
 if(NOT USE_SYSTEM_DEFLATE)
-    set(DEFLATE_VERSION 1.9)
+    set(DEFLATE_VERSION 1.10)
 endif()
 
 tr_add_external_auto_library(EVENT2 libevent event
diff --git a/cmake/FindDEFLATE.cmake b/cmake/FindDEFLATE.cmake
index 4d2988c56..806f2c267 100644
--- a/cmake/FindDEFLATE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindDEFLATE.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
   find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
-  # cmake supported added in libdeflate v1.9
+  # pkg-config support added in libdeflate v1.9
   pkg_check_modules(_DEFLATE libdeflate>=${DEFLATE_MINIMUM})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/third-party/libdeflate b/third-party/libdeflate
index 0b8349a7e..d6d7a247e 160000
--- a/third-party/libdeflate
+++ b/third-party/libdeflate
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0b8349a7ee3c5d6cb0def3c668a9079ce82af9b5
+Subproject commit d6d7a247ecad3219e9c5859a3091d77d28f89659