diff --git a/pkg/expat/build b/pkg/expat/build
index d863092..ba5c905 100644
--- a/pkg/expat/build
+++ b/pkg/expat/build
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-VERSION="R_2_2_7"
-SRCDIR="libexpat-${VERSION}/expat"
-TARBALL="${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-URL="https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/archive"
-SHA256SUM="4efe89dfd8c2f9b971bf9089efa4cc163ac997a75da92c08be14d80a091474e6"
+VERSION="2.2.8"
+SRCDIR="expat-${VERSION}"
+TARBALL="${SRCDIR}.tar.xz"
+URL="https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_2_8"
+SHA256SUM="61caa81a49d858afb2031c7b1a25c97174e7f2009aa1ec4e1ffad2316b91779b"
 DEPENDS="libbsd-dev toolchain"
 SUBPKG="expat expat-dev"
 
 prepare() {
-	autoreconf --force --install --symlink
+	return
 }
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/expat/expat-dev.files b/pkg/expat/expat-dev.files
index f6aee8e..aca853f 100644
--- a/pkg/expat/expat-dev.files
+++ b/pkg/expat/expat-dev.files
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ file lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc 0644 0 0
 file include/expat.h 0644 0 0
 file include/expat_config.h 0644 0 0
 file include/expat_external.h 0644 0 0
-slink lib/libexpat.so 0777 0 0 libexpat.so.1.6.9
+slink lib/libexpat.so 0777 0 0 libexpat.so.1.6.10
diff --git a/pkg/expat/expat.files b/pkg/expat/expat.files
index af4d2c1..3c9e8be 100644
--- a/pkg/expat/expat.files
+++ b/pkg/expat/expat.files
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-file lib/libexpat.so.1.6.9 0755 0 0
-slink lib/libexpat.so.1 0777 0 0 libexpat.so.1.6.9
+dir lib 0755 0 0
+file lib/libexpat.so.1.6.10 0755 0 0
+slink lib/libexpat.so.1 0777 0 0 libexpat.so.1.6.10