diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index d0e8c39caab..6275426c199 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.9.6
-revision=3
+version=2.9.7
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history --with-icu"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config python-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=8b9038cca7240e881d462ea391882092dfdc6d4f483f72683e817be08df5ebbc
+checksum=f63c5e7d30362ed28b38bfa1ac6313f9a80230720b7fb6c80575eeab3ff5900c
 
 LDFLAGS="-lz -llzma -lpthread"