diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index d1c41c9ea80..d22c3267446 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.2.7";
+  version = "1.3.1";
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals optionalString;
 in
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "09lh8x6qj0cd950whgaqqi3c4pqbl6z7aw9ddm73i14bw056185v";
+    sha256 = "18c9rzg4ilmhbx8hpdhcjffkzq5smcbc2lr23g6fdm8rs5nj0hm2";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An OpenType text shaping engine";
     homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz;
+    downloadPage = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    inherit version;
+    updateWalker = true;
   };
 }