diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index 81ecb6bdc..e9aa4fa97 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ local CreDocument = Document:new{
     --   (Noto Sans & Serif do not have these symbol glyphs).
     fallback_fonts = {
         "Noto Sans CJK SC",
-        "Noto Sans Arabic UI",
+        "Noto Naskh Arabic",
         "Noto Sans Devanagari UI",
         "FreeSans",
         "FreeSerif",
diff --git a/resources/fonts b/resources/fonts
index 52bc113cc..a62d585f8 160000
--- a/resources/fonts
+++ b/resources/fonts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 52bc113cc962d2b201288372534a52f7d7e4e923
+Subproject commit a62d585f8c6f40a64faac8b093f548dc6c678740
diff --git a/spec/unit/document_spec.lua b/spec/unit/document_spec.lua
index f24a9c7cf..319d03855 100644
--- a/spec/unit/document_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/unit/document_spec.lua
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ describe("EPUB document module", function()
             "Droid Sans Mono",
             "FreeSans",
             "FreeSerif",
+            "Noto Naskh Arabic",
             "Noto Sans",
             "Noto Sans Arabic UI",
             "Noto Sans CJK SC",