diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index db5cdbff69..b95de256c5 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="expat"
-PKG_VERSION="2.4.4"
-PKG_SHA256="14c58c2a0b5b8b31836514dfab41bd191836db7aa7b84ae5c47bc0327a20d64a"
+PKG_VERSION="2.4.8"
+PKG_SHA256="a247a7f6bbb21cf2ca81ea4cbb916bfb9717ca523631675f99b3d4a5678dcd16"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_${PKG_VERSION//./_}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"