diff --git a/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template b/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
index c85bd4474e7..544e9319a33 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'harfbuzz'.
 pkgname=harfbuzz
-version=0.9.6
+version=0.9.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # XXX graphite2 support
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.pango.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=394a849d6061993018754b0cc04110891ad215e3df3f6953b75dcc55a11f9d9b
+checksum=bd2999859f8828461fedae23e4af52d926ac32a73245f03ae2d2065205e9cf25
 long_desc="
  HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine."