diff --git a/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk b/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
index 71f2bd1..8b350dd 100644
--- a/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
+++ b/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-LIBXML2_VERSION = 2.8.0
+LIBXML2_VERSION = 2.9.0
 LIBXML2_SITE = ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2
 LIBXML2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBXML2_AUTORECONF = YES