diff --git a/core/expat/spkgbuild b/core/expat/spkgbuild
index b58f713ea..d6011c6ba 100755
--- a/core/expat/spkgbuild
+++ b/core/expat/spkgbuild
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 # depends	: glibc
 
 name=expat
-version=2.2.5
+version=2.2.6
 release=1
 source=(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2)
+md5sum=(ca047ae951b40020ac831c28859161b2)
 
 build() {
 	cd $name-$version
 
+	# fix a problem with the regression tests in the LFS environment
 	sed -i 's|usr/bin/env |bin/|' run.sh.in
 
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
@@ -20,4 +22,3 @@ build() {
 	install -v -dm755 $PKG/usr/share/doc/$name
 	install -v -m644 doc/*.{html,png,css} $PKG/usr/share/doc/$name
 }
-md5sum=(789e297f547980fc9ecc036f9a070d49)