diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index a405633c1b8..26a3428f679 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "2.5.1";
+  version = "2.5.3";
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals optionalString;
 in
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "17kiyq23g7bnjvyn2yg4gyr7i7qjam65n20whsrplpxxk9bk8j3d";
+    sha256 = "0p45xk5bblsw8lfs7y7z80b4rvda9f2hlpr28flkrfmpjz3hvl7y";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''