diff --git a/tools/expat/Makefile b/tools/expat/Makefile
index c1a8cb8d97..5ee91bfc8a 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:=2.5.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_HASH:=ef2420f0232c087801abf705e89ae65f6257df6b7931d37846a193ef2e8cdcbe
+PKG_HASH:=cb5f5a8ea211e1cabd59be0a933a52e3c02cc326e86a4d387d8d218e7ee47a3e
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1