diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 365286f85..4dcfe4a7d 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/expat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
 #usr/include/expat.h
 #usr/include/expat_config.h
 #usr/include/expat_external.h
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.3.0
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.3.0/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.3.0/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.3.0/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.3.0/expat.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.1
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.1/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.1/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.1/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.1/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.a
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.7.0
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.1
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.3.0
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.3.0/expat.png
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.3.0/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.3.0/style.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.3.0/valid-xhtml10.png
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.1
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.1/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.1/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.1/style.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.1/valid-xhtml10.png
 #usr/share/doc/expat/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/expat/changelog
diff --git a/lfs/expat b/lfs/expat
index 92c42bf82..7627447f3 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.3.0
+VER        = 2.4.1
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 54ea624caca3f9003cebcab4f0a75c8f
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 476cdf4b5e40280316fff36b2086a390
 
 install : $(TARGET)