diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 499f99f8e..26da642ec 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/expat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
@@ -3,21 +3,22 @@
 #usr/include/expat_config.h
 #usr/include/expat_external.h
 #usr/lib/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/cmake/expat-2.6.1
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.1/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.1/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.1/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.1/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.9.0
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.9.1
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#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-2.6.1
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.1/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.1/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.1/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 acfdba6ea..484e27125 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.6.0
+VER        = 2.6.1
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 2f0117317bde4e03d8662bcac1ff6c2bbb1af694846b21a82ac12d11ccd43032b481af72fa35298c3cb19b7426dba6a67e703904ca7b05663ffd854a42348bd0
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 21a177ae8d70ca1bf41cae75c299a3021a9fc1b9d5eb01eb2945b16d7b24dcbeabad855379bdd8a14de804e1a1648105ce03b505f68c2beb4096a81020e35848
 
 install : $(TARGET)