diff --git a/package/expat/expat.mk b/package/expat/expat.mk
index 196c067b..9d3bc174 100644
--- a/package/expat/expat.mk
+++ b/package/expat/expat.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-EXPAT_VERSION = 2.4.1
+EXPAT_VERSION = 2.4.8
 EXPAT_DIR = expat-$(EXPAT_VERSION)
 EXPAT_SOURCE = expat-$(EXPAT_VERSION).tar.bz2
-EXPAT_SITE = https://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/$(EXPAT_VERSION)
+EXPAT_SITE = https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(EXPAT_VERSION))
 
 EXPAT_AUTORECONF = YES