diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/169/filelists/libxml2 b/config/rootfiles/core/169/filelists/libxml2
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..242e69fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/169/filelists/libxml2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/libxml2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/169/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/169/update.sh
index 721951c7f..9f5bc6e76 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/169/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/169/update.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ rm -rvf \
 	/lib/xtables/libipt_DNAT.so \
 	/lib/xtables/libipt_REDIRECT.so \
 	/usr/lib/libfuse3.so.3.10.4 \
+	/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.12 \
 	/usr/lib/libyang.so.2.1.4
 
 # Extract files