diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 233c46283..499f99f8e 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/expat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
@@ -3,20 +3,21 @@
 #usr/include/expat_config.h
 #usr/include/expat_external.h
 #usr/lib/cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.0
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.0/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.0/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.0/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.0/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.10
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.9.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0/ok.min.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0/style.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.0
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.0/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.0/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.0/style.css
 #usr/share/doc/expat/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/expat/changelog
+#usr/share/man/man1/xmlwf.1
diff --git a/lfs/expat b/lfs/expat
index a89b6d114..acfdba6ea 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.5.0
+VER        = 2.6.0
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
+DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 15a5dcd3af17995fb4299301710b38d609c1fe7a8d6a6284581fedd96e89e0c16526d0342fb55773ac9d678cd65dc5cdb1532c764eeb3a20ccdf1e168b96e337
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 2f0117317bde4e03d8662bcac1ff6c2bbb1af694846b21a82ac12d11ccd43032b481af72fa35298c3cb19b7426dba6a67e703904ca7b05663ffd854a42348bd0
 
 install : $(TARGET)