diff --git a/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig b/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig
index 2923f59ab..5e315347c 100644
--- a/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig
+++ b/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         .@"enable-libpng" = true,
     });
     const macos = b.dependency("macos", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
+    const upstream = b.dependency("harfbuzz", .{});
 
     const module = b.addModule("harfbuzz", .{
         .source_file = .{ .path = "main.zig" },
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
         },
     });
 
-    const upstream_root = "../../vendor/harfbuzz";
-
     const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
         .name = "harfbuzz",
         .target = target,
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     });
     lib.linkLibC();
     lib.linkLibCpp();
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = upstream_root ++ "/src" });
+    lib.addIncludePath(upstream.path("src"));
 
     const freetype_dep = b.dependency("freetype", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
     lib.linkLibrary(freetype_dep.artifact("freetype"));
@@ -65,11 +64,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     }
 
     lib.addCSourceFile(.{
-        .file = .{ .path = upstream_root ++ "/src/harfbuzz.cc" },
+        .file = upstream.path("src/harfbuzz.cc"),
         .flags = flags.items,
     });
     lib.installHeadersDirectoryOptions(.{
-        .source_dir = .{ .path = upstream_root ++ "/src" },
+        .source_dir = upstream.path("src"),
         .install_dir = .header,
         .install_subdir = "",
         .include_extensions = &.{".h"},
diff --git a/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig.zon b/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig.zon
index 5609dab3e..2e6b34113 100644
--- a/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig.zon
+++ b/pkg/harfbuzz/build.zig.zon
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
     .name = "harfbuzz",
     .version = "2.13.2",
     .dependencies = .{
+        .harfbuzz = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/8.2.1.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "12203c1b09a2cf778367376076301322235816598eaf0639da08b233ab852548df92",
+        },
+
         .freetype = .{ .path = "../freetype" },
         .macos = .{ .path = "../macos" },
         .apple_sdk = .{ .path = "../apple-sdk" },