diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 611c2a203..b13257ddb 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/expat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 #usr/include/expat.h
 #usr/include/expat_config.h
 #usr/include/expat_external.h
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.0
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.0/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.0/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.0/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.0/expat.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.1
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.1/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.1/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.1/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.1/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.12.0
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.12.1
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.0
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.0/ok.min.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.0/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.0/style.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.1
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.1/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.1/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.1/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 f14e48ab5..2ba04ca09 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.8.0
+VER        = 2.8.1
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = e7b5f20e9960085d2bcfd88ac590e70a9aaebcc4b1411064d008af638bdf4189730d6fd9772d518dc4c38c3cefc649ed31c1e3ad7de64125377dba8c6d2e01b8
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 529551f960a1e611be6a0e9ff579e136ccad676d7e99ef8183bbee83969bf4cd37177444759ccbccc48c1bd49d2b0c3bd8f1f91862f272b54a23ad1b932d2f9d
 
 install : $(TARGET)