diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/0001-fix-signedness-of-char-in-tests.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/0001-fix-signedness-of-char-in-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..029ca2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/0001-fix-signedness-of-char-in-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 1bd3884bc0544ffbb6545ed2391f0932bb8d7d91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: psykose <alice@ayaya.dev>
+Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 07:45:25 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] fix signedness of char in tests
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex@linutronix.de>
+---
+ src/test-repacker.cc | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/test-repacker.cc b/src/test-repacker.cc
+index 053c0c6..1b7e1f0 100644
+--- a/src/test-repacker.cc
++++ b/src/test-repacker.cc
+@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ static void start_lookup (int8_t type,
+                           hb_serialize_context_t* c)
+ {
+   char lookup[] = {
+-    0, type, // type
++    0, (char)type, // type
+     0, 0, // flag
+-    0, num_subtables, // num subtables
++    0, (char)num_subtables, // num subtables
+   };
+ 
+   start_object (lookup, 6, c);
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_4.4.1.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_5.1.0.bb
similarity index 90%
rename from poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_4.4.1.bb
rename to poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_5.1.0.bb
index c2867d2..4c2d774 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_4.4.1.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-graphics/harfbuzz/harfbuzz_5.1.0.bb
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/releases"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "harfbuzz-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+).tar"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/releases/download/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c5bc33ac099b2e52f01d27cde21cee4281b9d5bfec7684135e268512478bc9ee"
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/${BPN}/${BPN}/releases/download/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
+           file://0001-fix-signedness-of-char-in-tests.patch \
+           "
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2edb95db668781aaa8d60959d21be2ff80085f31b12053cdd660d9a50ce84f05"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig lib_package gtk-doc gobject-introspection