diff --git a/tools/expat/Makefile b/tools/expat/Makefile
index fc339f818a..7079dabcaf 100644
--- a/tools/expat/Makefile
+++ b/tools/expat/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=expat
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:libexpat:expat
-PKG_VERSION:=2.4.7
+PKG_VERSION:=2.4.8
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_HASH:=e149bdd8b90254c62b3d195da53a09bd531a4d63a963b0d8a5268d48dd2f6a65
+PKG_HASH:=a247a7f6bbb21cf2ca81ea4cbb916bfb9717ca523631675f99b3d4a5678dcd16
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk