diff --git a/deps/harfbuzz/build.rs b/deps/harfbuzz/build.rs
index 09aced5b3..8753306a0 100644
--- a/deps/harfbuzz/build.rs
+++ b/deps/harfbuzz/build.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ fn harfbuzz() {
         "hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc",
         "hb-ot-shape-complex-khmer.cc",
         "hb-ot-shape-complex-myanmar.cc",
+        "hb-ot-shape-complex-syllabic.cc",
         "hb-ot-shape-complex-thai.cc",
-        "hb-ot-shape-complex-use-table.cc",
         "hb-ot-shape-complex-use.cc",
         "hb-ot-shape-complex-vowel-constraints.cc",
         "hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc",
diff --git a/deps/harfbuzz/harfbuzz b/deps/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
index 9c98b2b9a..9aa6f8a93 160000
--- a/deps/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
+++ b/deps/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9c98b2b9a9e43669c5e2b37eaa41b1e07de1ede3
+Subproject commit 9aa6f8a93f035dd0a1e3978da495d830049480c8
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index a788bdd61..77393050b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ As features stabilize some brief notes about them will accumulate here.
 * New: X11 now supports IME. It currently defaults to disabled, but you can set `use_ime = true` in your config to enable it (you need to restart wezterm for this to take effect). Many thanks to [@H-M-H](https://github.com/H-M-H) for bringing xcb-imdkit to Rust and implementing this in wezterm! [#250](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/250) [#1043](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/pull/1043)
 * New: it is now possible to define colors in the range 16-255 in `colors` and color scheme definitions. Thanks to [@potamides](https://github.com/potamides)! [#841](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/841) [#1056](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/pull/1056)
 * Fixed: X11: laggy input after selecting text. [#1027](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/1027)
+* Updated: bundled harfbuzz to version 2.9.0
 
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