diff --git a/srcpkgs/expat/template b/srcpkgs/expat/template
index a607107cc5b..e62403fa6df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/expat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/expat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'expat'
 pkgname=expat
-version=2.5.0
+version=2.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="XML parser library written in C"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://libexpat.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_${version//./_}/expat-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=ef2420f0232c087801abf705e89ae65f6257df6b7931d37846a193ef2e8cdcbe
+checksum=cb5f5a8ea211e1cabd59be0a933a52e3c02cc326e86a4d387d8d218e7ee47a3e
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING