diff --git a/expat/.footprint b/expat/.footprint
index 89f8768b3..756cf765e 100644
--- a/expat/.footprint
+++ b/expat/.footprint
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.1.5.2
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 -> libexpat.so.1.5.2
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.so -> libexpat.so.1.6.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 -> libexpat.so.1.6.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.6.0
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man1/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man1/xmlwf.1.gz
diff --git a/expat/.md5sum b/expat/.md5sum
index 0818fba13..7107749a9 100644
--- a/expat/.md5sum
+++ b/expat/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-ee8b492592568805593f81f8cdf2a04c  expat-2.0.1.tar.gz
-5ea67d4d96b7debe0eaafe2bf39a43b3  expat-CVE-2009-3560.patch
-6e5ccf683c5df15d74711b2719bd7351  expat-CVE-2009-3720.patch
+dd7dab7a5fea97d2a6a43f511449b7cd  expat-2.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/expat/Pkgfile b/expat/Pkgfile
index f481d699b..757311447 100644
--- a/expat/Pkgfile
+++ b/expat/Pkgfile
@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@
 # Maintainer:  Juergen Daubert, jue at crux dot nu
 
 name=expat
-version=2.0.1
-release=3
-source=(http://download.sourceforge.net/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz
-        expat-CVE-2009-3560.patch expat-CVE-2009-3720.patch)
+version=2.1.0
+release=1
+source=(http://download.sourceforge.net/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
 build() { 
     cd $name-$version
-    patch -p0 -d lib -i $SRC/expat-CVE-2009-3560.patch
-    patch -p0 -d lib -i $SRC/expat-CVE-2009-3720.patch
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr
+    ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/man
     make
     make DESTDIR=$PKG install
 }
diff --git a/expat/expat-CVE-2009-3560.patch b/expat/expat-CVE-2009-3560.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8abdece17..000000000
--- a/expat/expat-CVE-2009-3560.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3560
-# http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?view=patch&r1=1.166&r2=1.164
-
---- xmlparse.c	2009/09/29 02:49:16	1.164
-+++ xmlparse.c	2009/12/29 18:42:05	1.166
-@@ -3701,6 +3701,9 @@
-         return XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_TOKEN;
-       case XML_TOK_PARTIAL_CHAR:
-         return XML_ERROR_PARTIAL_CHAR;
-+      case -XML_TOK_PROLOG_S:
-+        tok = -tok;
-+        break;
-       case XML_TOK_NONE:
- #ifdef XML_DTD
-         /* for internal PE NOT referenced between declarations */
diff --git a/expat/expat-CVE-2009-3720.patch b/expat/expat-CVE-2009-3720.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 994d5ad9a..000000000
--- a/expat/expat-CVE-2009-3720.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3720
-# http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmltok_impl.c?r1=1.13&r2=1.15&view=patch
-
---- xmltok_impl.c	2006/11/26 17:34:46	1.13
-+++ xmltok_impl.c	2008/06/13 13:18:44	1.15
-@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@
-                        const char *end,
-                        POSITION *pos)
- {
--  while (ptr != end) {
-+  while (ptr < end) {
-     switch (BYTE_TYPE(enc, ptr)) {
- #define LEAD_CASE(n) \
-     case BT_LEAD ## n: \