diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 953272de40..92f399ecb6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ (define-public cairo-xcb
 (define-public harfbuzz
   (package
    (name "harfbuzz")
-   (version "1.4.1")
+   (version "1.4.3")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/"
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ (define-public harfbuzz
                                  version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1g8mndf0p0fzjfvxrprga84zvqq186gbddnw6wbna7cscfmpz8l5"))))
+               "08akv3qzwnf48xajb60dfcchkmfdjkpp65a0xd8s98w81901g343"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (outputs '("out"
               "bin")) ; 160K, only hb-view depend on cairo