diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index c69a96795d20..227ac58bda57 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 # (icu is a ~30 MB dependency, the rest is very small in comparison)
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "harfbuzz-0.9.25";
+  name = "harfbuzz-0.9.26";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1vkbdny880d60j3v6lvpc6p8fvj6cl7hma27h796qlk9lnbmjvnw";
+    sha256 = "0mz220qv3xn3lk1v94q1wgykayxnas94n8ks1liwkdazs71pvvax";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [