diff --git a/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk b/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
index 9f78b8fe42..31a1f1d804 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="harfbuzz"
-PKG_VERSION="2.7.4"
-PKG_SHA256="6ad11d653347bd25d8317589df4e431a2de372c0cf9be3543368e07ec23bb8e7"
+PKG_VERSION="2.9.0"
+PKG_SHA256="3e1c2e1d2c65d56364fd16d1c41a06b2a35795496f78dfff635c2b7414b54c5a"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/harfbuzz-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain cairo freetype glib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="meson"
 
-PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dcairo=enabled \
+PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dbenchmark=disabled \
+                       -Dcairo=enabled \
                        -Ddocs=disabled \
                        -Dfontconfig=enabled \
                        -Dfreetype=enabled \
                        -Dglib=enabled \
                        -Dgobject=disabled \
                        -Dgraphite=disabled \
-                       -Dicu=disabled"
+                       -Dicu=disabled \
+                       -Dtests=disabled"