diff --git a/libxml2/.footprint b/libxml2/.footprint
index bc5b19a4f..cc85ea5d5 100644
--- a/libxml2/.footprint
+++ b/libxml2/.footprint
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/libxml2/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/libxml2/libxml2-config.cmake
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so -> libxml2.so.2.12.3
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 -> libxml2.so.2.12.3
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.12.3
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so -> libxml2.so.2.12.4
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 -> libxml2.so.2.12.4
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.12.4
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxml-2.0.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/
diff --git a/libxml2/.signature b/libxml2/.signature
index cfb9065ff..5c106a5cd 100644
--- a/libxml2/.signature
+++ b/libxml2/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/opt.pub
-RWSE3ohX2g5d/Uy01M+skzh5M7h8KNiKe1kWh8V11VOcAfS59co0CT1GTW+wYtQMe1NxW8g0yItZTpcuxYToLJY2yos6/6sLJws=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = d65f6a973e7b83f61dfbb582ff1f91c8f991a0144df4b9fb32c3006bda27e2d2
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 8b0e6124a29a70f2bb30fd5146226faebdfcadb16ceab6f81dd27cdd1ca3a6ab
-SHA256 (libxml2-2.12.3.tar.xz) = 8c8f1092340a89ff32bc44ad5c9693aff9bc8a7a3e161bb239666e5d15ac9aaa
+RWSE3ohX2g5d/UqsonmJBCoLM6wj7o/GH2qUKOxr5RTm3ePd73NxZFBqSjDzY1xb5lWPkFAES8LMwF7z+zw/716kVtjy1qr81g0=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 336b45d7f919ab52c832315f07a0265638a1a1fdea4c9beb34f4e5f249824ea6
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 5c539008e876f0a025077e0080d1b803dccc4b6d36879ae926f3b29590582f5d
+SHA256 (libxml2-2.12.4.tar.xz) = 497360e423cf0bd99eacdb7c6215dea92e6d6e89ee940393c2bae0e77cb9b7d0
diff --git a/libxml2/Pkgfile b/libxml2/Pkgfile
index 8a703ec0e..a0abcc055 100644
--- a/libxml2/Pkgfile
+++ b/libxml2/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: zlib xz
 
 name=libxml2
-version=2.12.3
+version=2.12.4
 release=1
 source=(https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/${version:0:4}/$name-$version.tar.xz)