diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
index b7330fcba6..a6d5187285 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-1.2.0.tar.bz2.sha256
-sha256	79ff5305153d15931fbdda80c9612783b0283dee44f4c2af71aa37353daaa685	harfbuzz-1.2.0.tar.bz2
+# From http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-1.2.3.tar.bz2.sha256
+sha256	8216d2404aaab7fde87be0365a90d64aa6c55928e104557cfcb37b54a096cb8c	harfbuzz-1.2.3.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
index 7cdc35699d..781c48ecac 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 1.2.0
+HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 1.2.3
 HARFBUZZ_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release
 HARFBUZZ_SOURCE = harfbuzz-$(HARFBUZZ_VERSION).tar.bz2
 HARFBUZZ_LICENSE = MIT, ISC (ucdn library)