diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-2.7.4.recipe b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-2.8.1.recipe
similarity index 96%
rename from media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-2.7.4.recipe
rename to media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-2.8.1.recipe
index 415965ec1..5c5ae1cb1 100644
--- a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-2.7.4.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-2.8.1.recipe
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ COPYRIGHT="2004-2018 Behdad Esfahbod
 	2004,2007,2008,2009,2010 Red Hat, Inc.
 	1998-2004 David Turner and Werner Lemberg"
 LICENSE="MIT"
-REVISION="3"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/$portVersion/harfbuzz-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="6ad11d653347bd25d8317589df4e431a2de372c0cf9be3543368e07ec23bb8e7"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="4124f663ec4bf4e294d9cf230668370b4249a48ff34deaf0f06e8fc82d891300"
 PATCHES="harfbuzz-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if [ "$targetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
 	commandBinDir=$prefix/bin
 fi
 
-libVersion="0.20704.0"
+libVersion="0.20801.0"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-2.7.4.patchset b/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-2.8.1.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-2.7.4.patchset
rename to media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-2.8.1.patchset