diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index 2315085055..c599ed7161 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="expat"
-PKG_VERSION="2.1.0"
+PKG_VERSION="2.1.1"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"