diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libxml2 b/config/rootfiles/common/libxml2
index 779b249ea..5a4f85793 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libxml2
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libxml2
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
 #usr/lib/libxml2.la
 #usr/lib/libxml2.so
 usr/lib/libxml2.so.16
-usr/lib/libxml2.so.16.1.1
+usr/lib/libxml2.so.16.1.3
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxml-2.0.pc
diff --git a/lfs/libxml2 b/lfs/libxml2
index c1ea739eb..84ebb0a0a 100644
--- a/lfs/libxml2
+++ b/lfs/libxml2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  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        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.15.1
+VER        = 2.15.3
 #          https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/
 
 THISAPP    = libxml2-$(VER)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 73c4d17adacda67d71c5a120c7de2324df1db35963cadbe18166dafe122e1f10dcab9d4fed0e128c077a5ca31432bfaf72f742c42680251660d397ab8bc3538b
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 2ff478b46a40957386cd1ed0627bfc0f2433f47e786f20db3942304c90289adaeb1d9c3f12665df312b86cfac42f8e4dbc18e965bf90018f93c230b9b862df66
 
 install : $(TARGET)