diff --git a/package/wireshark/Config.in b/package/wireshark/Config.in
index 8b05599ecb..894e629b1a 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/Config.in
+++ b/package/wireshark/Config.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPEEXDSP
 	help
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash b/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash
index b17f4bcf17..63a3226c19 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# From https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/SIGNATURES-4.4.19.txt
-sha1  46c2805407197048d90dc7eac9f0a4a19d13815a  wireshark-4.4.19.tar.xz
-sha256  0499dddc0aeea500bc65196714e1e01097742efbc479a2d67a9a8b5dd57d6d04  wireshark-4.4.19.tar.xz
+# From https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/SIGNATURES-4.6.9.txt
+sha1  8287d01d50fa1269dcfd4e01c5dfd8d00ef652f4  wireshark-4.6.9.tar.xz
+sha256  d062d416a1ab3a49975aafe3a671c882dde0562ccd71b078808ceb59d465fc0f  wireshark-4.6.9.tar.xz
 
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  edaef632cbb643e4e7a221717a6c441a4c1a7c918e6e4d56debc3d8739b233f6  COPYING
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index c394f85beb..44f7595610 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WIRESHARK_VERSION = 4.4.19
+WIRESHARK_VERSION = 4.6.9
 WIRESHARK_SOURCE = wireshark-$(WIRESHARK_VERSION).tar.xz
 WIRESHARK_SITE = https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions
 WIRESHARK_LICENSE = wireshark license
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libgcrypt \
 	libglib2 \
 	libpcap \
+	libxml2 \
 	pcre2 \
 	speexdsp
 
@@ -102,13 +103,6 @@ else
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LIBSSH=OFF
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
-WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LIBXML2=ON
-WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
-else
-WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LIBXML2=OFF
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_4),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LUA=ON
 WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += lua