diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index baac64f8a..2d66e5fc0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [submodule "test/data-visual"]
 	path = test/data-visual
 	url = https://github.com/mapnik/test-data-visual.git
-	branch = master
+	branch = harfbuzz-shaper
 [submodule "deps/mapbox/variant"]
 	path = deps/mapbox/variant
 	url = https://github.com/mapbox/variant.git
diff --git a/test/data-visual b/test/data-visual
index f9a3c203b..7acfb4c48 160000
--- a/test/data-visual
+++ b/test/data-visual
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f9a3c203b3657dd1748d788304f83a26efb6439f
+Subproject commit 7acfb4c48d688463c1fa3c3bade27afde9563269