diff --git a/tools/expat/Makefile b/tools/expat/Makefile
index dfd5f286cd..93e0f74cd5 100644
--- a/tools/expat/Makefile
+++ b/tools/expat/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=expat
-PKG_VERSION:=2.1.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.2.0
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_MD5SUM:=dd7dab7a5fea97d2a6a43f511449b7cd
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_MD5SUM:=2f47841c829facb346eb6e3fab5212e2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/expat
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1