diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 69b3fbfe6..8feb895b3 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/expat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 #usr/include/expat.h
 #usr/include/expat_config.h
 #usr/include/expat_external.h
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.8
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.8/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.8/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.8/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.8/expat.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.9
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.9/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.9/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.9/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.9/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.8
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.9
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.8
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.8/ok.min.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.8/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.8/style.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.9
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.9/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.9/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.9/style.css
 #usr/share/doc/expat/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/expat/changelog
diff --git a/lfs/expat b/lfs/expat
index 76f5a8e94..a1a1326d0 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.4.8
+VER        = 2.4.9
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = a829bd94d2cc9b305874ae2539dd4388ea99eaed21d2da17bbd99a1e7735b0f7cb910d096f72c71b128dcb8ffdff9021109e7ff5e562d8cefad228fd8d66f897
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = d60183f96f3359acc069af638cc8d16ba19f51fbd8a61eddd80c2babddde357dcf0561e87af901f53617bfd9452e146c9dd9f317729cd3648b65832a38388640
 
 install : $(TARGET)