diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
index 43861e9e195..e8cd4f13ece 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/harfbuzz/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.4.2";
+  version = "1.4.4";
   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 = "1cxpkhrjd20fwfysyxmi9rjvvggxlbzlyrs39p1dw3q0mg7ls8wg";
+    sha256 = "0mfj37qr8fw9mzsvk4296fq8vzq909mwlkl2xrjfrfvc8z5gilim";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];