diff --git a/srcpkgs/expat/template b/srcpkgs/expat/template
index 126ea7b3f47..40ba24d6001 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/expat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/expat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'expat'
 pkgname=expat
-version=2.4.8
+version=2.4.9
 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=f79b8f904b749e3e0d20afeadecf8249c55b2e32d4ebb089ae378df479dcaf25
+checksum=6e8c0728fe5c7cd3f93a6acce43046c5e4736c7b4b68e032e9350daa0efc0354
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING