diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 8feb895b3..5b25d63b8 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-2.4.9
-#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/cmake/expat-2.5.0
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.5.0/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.9
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.10
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#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-2.5.0
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.5.0/style.css
 #usr/share/doc/expat/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/expat/changelog
diff --git a/lfs/expat b/lfs/expat
index a1a1326d0..a89b6d114 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.4.9
+VER        = 2.5.0
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = d60183f96f3359acc069af638cc8d16ba19f51fbd8a61eddd80c2babddde357dcf0561e87af901f53617bfd9452e146c9dd9f317729cd3648b65832a38388640
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 15a5dcd3af17995fb4299301710b38d609c1fe7a8d6a6284581fedd96e89e0c16526d0342fb55773ac9d678cd65dc5cdb1532c764eeb3a20ccdf1e168b96e337
 
 install : $(TARGET)