diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 9901085f26..3911aa90b6 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-2.4.6
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat.cmake
+#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/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.6
+#usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.8
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.6
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.6/ok.min.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.6/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.4.6/style.css
+#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/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/expat/changelog
diff --git a/lfs/expat b/lfs/expat
index 2441396826..76f5a8e946 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.4.6
+VER        = 2.4.8
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 4f41b019107f1dfc5d1b45fd5844069472e5ad2e5208ef5d7b9e4a9bdb020440d46c5ef1c7cc34fb846fc1f63b37b5ac57b692dfdcb59e52c94383945b0f456d
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = a829bd94d2cc9b305874ae2539dd4388ea99eaed21d2da17bbd99a1e7735b0f7cb910d096f72c71b128dcb8ffdff9021109e7ff5e562d8cefad228fd8d66f897
 
 install : $(TARGET)