diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
index 660e19efc9..dac859bbd4 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  6648a571a27f186e47094121f0095e1b809e918b3037c630c7f38ffad86e3035  harfbuzz-2.6.8.tar.xz
+sha256  b8c048d7c2964a12f2c80deb6634dfc836b603dd12bf0d0a3df1627698e220ce  harfbuzz-2.7.2.tar.xz
 sha256  beb3f017ceb41387667f78237a7cecf84defa0ed257c505894663d6a9f13211b  COPYING
diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
index c7bb8f9347..54932f69df 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 2.6.8
+HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 2.7.2
 HARFBUZZ_SITE = https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/$(HARFBUZZ_VERSION)
 HARFBUZZ_SOURCE = harfbuzz-$(HARFBUZZ_VERSION).tar.xz
 HARFBUZZ_LICENSE = MIT, ISC (ucdn library)