diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/expat b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
index 2ab49e910e..51a4de2f76 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/expat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/expat
@@ -2,22 +2,21 @@
 #usr/include/expat.h
 #usr/include/expat_config.h
 #usr/include/expat_external.h
-#usr/lib/cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.2
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.2/expat-config-version.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.2/expat-config.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.2/expat-noconfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.2/expat.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.3
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.3/expat-config-version.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.3/expat-config.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.3/expat-noconfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/cmake/expat-2.6.3/expat.cmake
 #usr/lib/libexpat.la
 #usr/lib/libexpat.so
 usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
-usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.9.2
+usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.9.3
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 #usr/share/doc/expat
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.2
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.2/ok.min.css
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.2/reference.html
-#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.2/style.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.3
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.3/ok.min.css
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.3/reference.html
+#usr/share/doc/expat-2.6.3/style.css
 #usr/share/doc/expat/AUTHORS
 #usr/share/doc/expat/changelog
 #usr/share/man/man1/xmlwf.1
diff --git a/lfs/expat b/lfs/expat
index 3a37bf2d2a..91e4f32af8 100644
--- a/lfs/expat
+++ b/lfs/expat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.6.2
+VER        = 2.6.3
 
 THISAPP    = expat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = aae019270e1ab233fe8480b7eaa77f648f23ef3383dc772dc946cb13163067431716dc5446862eb502315fd089f2f52f3d476589b74a97e462575cd54df44db4
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = b8e0a0e779f0f136eaca91115cbbcf5a5cca457cab1cca6f8d6141151d19f8ef2dccb41b0e9134459c1e7d99cb2e0b4ce3922d2bd9221002ec43fe9d53a0084a
 
 install : $(TARGET)