diff --git a/package/expat/expat.hash b/package/expat/expat.hash
index a0f8b514a8..5d34adfc8d 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_0
-sha256  a37bfae0aa9775bd8521ebd85dc456d486f0ff31138f6c91fd902ea732624542  expat-2.8.0.tar.xz
+# From https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/tag/R_2_8_1
+sha256  10b195ee78160a908388180a8fe3603d4e9a12f4755fbf5f3816b23a9d750da0  expat-2.8.1.tar.xz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  31b15de82aa19a845156169a17a5488bf597e561b2c318d159ed583139b25e87  COPYING
diff --git a/package/expat/expat.mk b/package/expat/expat.mk
index 07c209543e..3b529c3390 100644
--- a/package/expat/expat.mk
+++ b/package/expat/expat.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-EXPAT_VERSION = 2.8.0
+EXPAT_VERSION = 2.8.1
 EXPAT_SITE = https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(EXPAT_VERSION))
 EXPAT_SOURCE = expat-$(EXPAT_VERSION).tar.xz
 EXPAT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES