diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/0001-meson.build-check-for-pthread.h.patch b/package/harfbuzz/0001-meson.build-check-for-pthread.h.patch
index 9fa09863c6..102f9ff493 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/0001-meson.build-check-for-pthread.h.patch
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/0001-meson.build-check-for-pthread.h.patch
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
 index bf3925db..6d263d48 100644
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
-@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ endif
+@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ endif
  # threads
  thread_dep = null_dep
  if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
index 1576824a5a..f3ba228353 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  f2200f177768bdc21445aa09703326f3bbe8114ac083d081fe1a79d305c7ae73  harfbuzz-4.2.0.tar.xz
+sha256  bd17916513829aeff961359a5ccebba6de2f4bf37a91faee3ac29c120e3d7ee1  harfbuzz-4.2.1.tar.xz
 sha256  4345e1735f8bc6d812fed5180cabb5a5e88a4109d332652f2a45c13cfa5ee692  COPYING
diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
index 551277a788..38ed34ab70 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 4.2.0
+HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 4.2.1
 HARFBUZZ_SITE = https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/$(HARFBUZZ_VERSION)
 HARFBUZZ_SOURCE = harfbuzz-$(HARFBUZZ_VERSION).tar.xz
 HARFBUZZ_LICENSE = MIT, ISC (ucdn library)