diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 298882d6e..575cbe1cb 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-2.8.3
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.3/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.3/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.3/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.3/expat.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.4
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.4/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.4/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.4/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.8.4/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.12.3
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.12.4
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.3
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.3/ok.min.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.3/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.3/style.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.4
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.4/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.4/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.8.4/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 2fb5e7a72..512cb5a76 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.8.3
+VER        = 2.8.4
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 4dc1173f3458320278b6776aa9342aec4eec3e2e5d8806e52dec59b9a40d5fdad5b8930708bace06a5c9a33fd7451df67c5c822954fa3d7f763babab62989390
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = bec06d3c3179115692edb5e9366412361abae5355b131a005ef91aaa041bf4ebf74a86cc2fac29c44730a07cba6fbda988a6bfdafafc9eeba25a00fb98e43d24
 
 install : $(TARGET)