diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
index 9516f86ab..590245179 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package=expat
-$(package)_version=2.4.1
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_4_1
+$(package)_version=2.6.0
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$($(package)_version))/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
-$(package)_sha256_hash=2f9b6a580b94577b150a7d5617ad4643a4301a6616ff459307df3e225bcfbf40
+$(package)_sha256_hash=ff60e6a6b6ce570ae012dc7b73169c7fdf4b6bf08c12ed0ec6f55736b78d85ba
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--enable-static
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --without-docbook --without-tests --without-examples
+$(package)_config_opts+=--enable-option-checking --without-xmlwf --with-pic
 $(package)_config_opts+=--prefix=$(host_prefix)
 endef
 
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ define $(package)_stage_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm lib/*.la
+  rm -rf share lib/cmake lib/*.la
 endef