diff --git a/libxml2-python/.signature b/libxml2-python/.signature
index bc85c58f8..92e13c5e2 100644
--- a/libxml2-python/.signature
+++ b/libxml2-python/.signature
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/opt.pub
-RWSE3ohX2g5d/SVYkiYbI79rSXugXYxm8JKSJF3HH/yg+IdbQKgJREIOJdkOHVfF/UnaXVn/guPkTnXVaUXwpEPf7NTLhqnj8Aw=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 497e70de95830b13ce00693b31a0f37ea573a774785aadd526e90b4d4374242e
+RWSE3ohX2g5d/T1Slo0jVlZYHihDz9C4IS2+7PxGp2+8ujCJDyy8jJcuU40FlkVurVzQMz0dgm/STmZqjhbtc4fOdWEvnO/NnAU=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 7da41bdcadef4e0cbfec36bdf035ef1a7ceddd9f7c52b3896ea4856246d8535f
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 73d3d6093bbec225c90f39dcd85f9a56caa55daff311efa0fad3bd6e3cf1cb44
-SHA256 (libxml2-2.9.8.tar.gz) = 0b74e51595654f958148759cfef0993114ddccccbb6f31aee018f3558e8e2732
-SHA256 (libxml2-python-config.patch) = 86c3ebf2f5af78bdddcf885fb18bb21e0c4277a9321802270eda7deff1d347b4
+SHA256 (libxml2-2.9.9.tar.gz) = 94fb70890143e3c6549f265cee93ec064c80a84c42ad0f23e85ee1fd6540a871
+SHA256 (libxml2-python-config.patch) = da00a6e596cdf32dc7b2c99a629a9389ea47672706ad6c8005cad88553d6d009
diff --git a/libxml2-python/Pkgfile b/libxml2-python/Pkgfile
index 41a34891f..ade00923b 100644
--- a/libxml2-python/Pkgfile
+++ b/libxml2-python/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  python libxml2
 
 name=libxml2-python
-version=2.9.8
+version=2.9.9
 release=1
 source=(ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-$version.tar.gz \
         $name-config.patch)
diff --git a/libxml2-python/libxml2-python-config.patch b/libxml2-python/libxml2-python-config.patch
index e2342a9e5..e1392d502 100644
--- a/libxml2-python/libxml2-python-config.patch
+++ b/libxml2-python/libxml2-python-config.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -Nru libxml2-2.9.2.orig/python/Makefile.in libxml2-2.9.2/python/Makefile.in
---- libxml2-2.9.2.orig/python/Makefile.in	2014-10-17 12:04:08.614853413 +0200
-+++ libxml2-2.9.2/python/Makefile.in	2014-10-17 12:04:25.037581668 +0200
-@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
+diff -Nru libxml2-2.9.9.orig/python/Makefile.in libxml2-2.9.9/python/Makefile.in
+--- libxml2-2.9.9.orig/python/Makefile.in	2019-01-05 14:23:07.779691060 +0100
++++ libxml2-2.9.9/python/Makefile.in	2019-01-05 14:23:44.768849605 +0100
+@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
  @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@python_LTLIBRARIES = libxml2mod.la
  @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@libxml2mod_la_SOURCES = libxml.c libxml_wrap.h libxml2-py.h libxml2-py.c types.c
  @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@libxml2mod_la_LDFLAGS = $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version \