diff --git a/pkg/fatfs/Makefile b/pkg/fatfs/Makefile
index 558536893d..d43b3d2f21 100644
--- a/pkg/fatfs/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/fatfs/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PKG_NAME=fatfs
 # upstream server is very unreliable, instead host the extracted
 # .zip file on GitHub and apply only the upstream patches
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/RIOT-OS/FatFS
-PKG_VERSION=d8db1de45234d7bcdb4c61e3a3d8af3c9cfb7819 # R0.14 p2
+PKG_VERSION=fb99d00924fd17c2d9c0789510852c2c286403ab # R0.14a
 PKG_LICENSE=BSD-1-Clause
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/fatfs/patches/0001-remove-ffconf.h.patch b/pkg/fatfs/patches/0001-remove-ffconf.h.patch
index 98c94d27b6..152981acb2 100644
--- a/pkg/fatfs/patches/0001-remove-ffconf.h.patch
+++ b/pkg/fatfs/patches/0001-remove-ffconf.h.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-From fcd845f91417c7da0af266229f9997a2e3f08596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From af647820a330eae463fdf073908dc6f79014481d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Benjamin Valentin <benpicco@googlemail.com>
-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:30:07 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] remove ffconf.h
+Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:00:17 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove ffconf.h
 
 ---
  source/ffconf.h | 298 ------------------------------------------------
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] remove ffconf.h
 
 diff --git a/source/ffconf.h b/source/ffconf.h
 deleted file mode 100644
-index 5dbe48b..0000000
+index 632736b..0000000
 --- a/source/ffconf.h
 +++ /dev/null
 @@ -1,298 +0,0 @@
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ index 5dbe48b..0000000
 -/  FatFs Functional Configurations
 -/---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 -
--#define FFCONF_DEF	86606	/* Revision ID */
+-#define FFCONF_DEF	80196	/* Revision ID */
 -
 -/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
 -/ Function Configurations
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ index 5dbe48b..0000000
 -/  To enable the 64-bit LBA, also exFAT needs to be enabled. (FF_FS_EXFAT == 1) */
 -
 -
--#define FF_MIN_GPT		0x100000000
--/* Minimum number of sectors to switch GPT format to create partition in f_mkfs and
+-#define FF_MIN_GPT		0x10000000
+-/* Minimum number of sectors to switch GPT as partitioning format in f_mkfs and
 -/  f_fdisk function. 0x100000000 max. This option has no effect when FF_LBA64 == 0. */
 -
 -
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ index 5dbe48b..0000000
 -#define FF_FS_NORTC		0
 -#define FF_NORTC_MON	1
 -#define FF_NORTC_MDAY	1
--#define FF_NORTC_YEAR	2019
+-#define FF_NORTC_YEAR	2020
 -/* The option FF_FS_NORTC switches timestamp functiton. If the system does not have
 -/  any RTC function or valid timestamp is not needed, set FF_FS_NORTC = 1 to disable
 -/  the timestamp function. Every object modified by FatFs will have a fixed timestamp
@@ -313,5 +313,5 @@ index 5dbe48b..0000000
 -
 -/*--- End of configuration options ---*/
 -- 
-2.25.1
+2.27.0
 
diff --git a/pkg/fatfs/patches/0002-remove-diskio.c.patch b/pkg/fatfs/patches/0002-remove-diskio.c.patch
index 3705bc36c8..74ec0548d1 100644
--- a/pkg/fatfs/patches/0002-remove-diskio.c.patch
+++ b/pkg/fatfs/patches/0002-remove-diskio.c.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-From a80c84666ee68876c583af3e130025f2136455cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 8b62c5ed1cc74007497baf3a93920bf9ebabf068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Benjamin Valentin <benpicco@googlemail.com>
-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:39:58 +0100
+Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:00:38 +0100
 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove diskio.c
 
 ---
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove diskio.c
 
 diff --git a/source/diskio.c b/source/diskio.c
 deleted file mode 100644
-index fffa767..0000000
+index 81aaf59..0000000
 --- a/source/diskio.c
 +++ /dev/null
 @@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
 -/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
--/* Low level disk I/O module skeleton for FatFs     (C)ChaN, 2019        */
+-/* Low level disk I/O module SKELETON for FatFs     (C)ChaN, 2019        */
 -/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 -/* If a working storage control module is available, it should be        */
 -/* attached to the FatFs via a glue function rather than modifying it.   */
@@ -244,5 +244,5 @@ index fffa767..0000000
 -}
 -
 -- 
-2.25.1
+2.27.0
 
diff --git a/pkg/fatfs/vendor/include/ffconf.h b/pkg/fatfs/vendor/include/ffconf.h
index 033c69e38a..5629df5b1e 100644
--- a/pkg/fatfs/vendor/include/ffconf.h
+++ b/pkg/fatfs/vendor/include/ffconf.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /  FatFs - Configuration file
 /---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-#define FFCONF_DEF	86606	/* Revision ID */
+#define FFCONF_DEF	80196	/* Revision ID */
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
 / Function Configurations