diff --git a/srcpkgs/tectonic/template b/srcpkgs/tectonic/template
index c0627fd5636..a1d470269fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tectonic/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tectonic/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'tectonic'
 pkgname=tectonic
-version=0.4.1
+version=0.7.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="tectonic-tectonic-${version}"
 build_style=cargo
+configure_args="--features=external-harfbuzz"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="harfbuzz-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="Modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Chinmay Pai <chinmaydpai@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io"
 distfiles="https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/archive/tectonic@${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5a2c910f822d59ddaf9d32a0e5f7f34ce30f44e4129513b3a0c50425cf48ac8f
+checksum=d4e674d7532d2d69601f1e9dd00766bc46ccffac89728e9f3e3032511dbdd201
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE