diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-0.9.39.recipe b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-0.9.40.recipe
similarity index 92%
rename from media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-0.9.39.recipe
rename to media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-0.9.40.recipe
index a53205c4f..2e4181004 100644
--- a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-0.9.39.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-0.9.40.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="
 	1998-2004 David Turner and Werner Lemberg
 	"
 SRC_URI="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="1717344b6e782d3fb57180da792fba661c2f0b1cb32ecbf373c219c801d6136b"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="1771d53583be6d91ca961854b2a24fb239ef0545eed221ae3349abae0ab8321f"
 REVISION="1"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64"
 if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PATCHES="harfbuzz-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	harfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 0.9
-	lib:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.939.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.940.0 compat >= 0
 	cmd:hb_ot_shape_closure$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:hb_shape$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ INSTALL()
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	harfbuzz${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 0.9
-	devel:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.939.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.940.0 compat >= 0
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	harfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-0.9.39.patchset b/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-0.9.40.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-0.9.39.patchset
rename to media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-0.9.40.patchset