diff --git a/package/expat/expat.hash b/package/expat/expat.hash
index d8b4eef2f9..262ad4bf0d 100644
--- a/package/expat/expat.hash
+++ b/package/expat/expat.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/tag/R_2_8_4
-sha256  656ae1cc8da3b4ea513bb4e254f33e6243938084c0ec6239da873376b09985a7  expat-2.8.4.tar.xz
+# From https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/tag/R_2_8_5
+sha256  1e727b8933ec51a77a9a9d9afcf8e688bce45d907c13e36ab7393fe36e703182  expat-2.8.5.tar.xz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  31b15de82aa19a845156169a17a5488bf597e561b2c318d159ed583139b25e87  COPYING
diff --git a/package/expat/expat.mk b/package/expat/expat.mk
index 1e5b738463..be4180992f 100644
--- a/package/expat/expat.mk
+++ b/package/expat/expat.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-EXPAT_VERSION = 2.8.4
+EXPAT_VERSION = 2.8.5
 EXPAT_SITE = https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(EXPAT_VERSION))
 EXPAT_SOURCE = expat-$(EXPAT_VERSION).tar.xz
 EXPAT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES