diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f57e35f14..26077a079 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ufoLib2==0.16.0
 ufo2ft==3.3.0
 pyobjc==10.3.1; sys_platform == "darwin"
 freetype-py==2.5.1
-uharfbuzz==0.39.3
+uharfbuzz==0.41.0
 glyphsLib==6.8.0 # this is only required to run Tests/varLib/interpolatable_test.py
 lxml==5.3.0
 sympy==1.13.2