diff --git a/tools/expat/Makefile b/tools/expat/Makefile
index afbc6f4f77..37d3d113b9 100644
--- a/tools/expat/Makefile
+++ b/tools/expat/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=expat
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:libexpat:libexpat
-PKG_VERSION:=2.7.3
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.4
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_HASH:=821ac9710d2c073eaf13e1b1895a9c9aa66c1157a99635c639fbff65cdbdd732
+PKG_HASH:=461ecc8aa98ab1a68c2db788175665d1a4db640dc05bf0e289b6ea17122144ec
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1