diff --git a/nix/flake.lock b/nix/flake.lock
index 612567f3f..809991bae 100644
--- a/nix/flake.lock
+++ b/nix/flake.lock
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@
     "freetype2": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1675923892,
-        "narHash": "sha256-dOm8VKYdclTLLkqWMLv7DQI0Qyjit7S4SOCszKEkG3o=",
+        "lastModified": 1687587065,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+Fh+/k+NWL5Ow9sDLtp8Cv/8rLNA1oByQQCIQS/bysY=",
         "owner": "wez",
         "repo": "freetype2",
-        "rev": "de8b92dd7ec634e9e2b25ef534c54a3537555c11",
+        "rev": "e4586d960f339cf75e2e0b34aee30a0ed8353c0d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "wez",
-        "ref": "VER-2-13-0",
         "repo": "freetype2",
+        "rev": "e4586d960f339cf75e2e0b34aee30a0ed8353c0d",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/nix/flake.nix b/nix/flake.nix
index f20ec8925..05f36260a 100644
--- a/nix/flake.nix
+++ b/nix/flake.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
     #
     # ... In the meantime we kinda duplicate the dependencies here then replace the submodules with
     # links to each repo in package sources.
+    #
+    # Try to use tags when possible to increase readability
+    # (note: `git submodule status` in wezterm repo will show the `git describe` result for each
+    # submodule, can help finding a tag if any)
     freetype2 = {
-      url = "github:wez/freetype2/VER-2-13-0";
+      url = "github:wez/freetype2/e4586d960f339cf75e2e0b34aee30a0ed8353c0d";
       flake = false;
     };
     harfbuzz = {