diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
index 6bf5bee1ec..b7da64b48d 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-1.4.2.tar.bz2.sha256
-sha256	8f234dcfab000fdec24d43674fffa2fdbdbd654eb176afbde30e8826339cb7b3	harfbuzz-1.4.2.tar.bz2
+# From https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-1.4.4.tar.bz2.sha256
+sha256	35d2f8ca476cbbec64ee824eca6b0209ff8db0334990b9f5af893b94f119d255	harfbuzz-1.4.4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
index 458b072abf..646448093e 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 1.4.2
-HARFBUZZ_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release
+HARFBUZZ_VERSION = 1.4.4
+HARFBUZZ_SITE = https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release
 HARFBUZZ_SOURCE = harfbuzz-$(HARFBUZZ_VERSION).tar.bz2
 HARFBUZZ_LICENSE = MIT, ISC (ucdn library)
 HARFBUZZ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING src/hb-ucdn/COPYING