diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template
index 38e06f1d341..729a37842dd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2-python/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libxml2-python'
 pkgname=libxml2-python
-version=2.9.8
-revision=6
+version=2.9.9
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname%-python}-${version}"
 build_wrksrc=python
 build_style=python-module
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0b74e51595654f958148759cfef0993114ddccccbb6f31aee018f3558e8e2732
+checksum=94fb70890143e3c6549f265cee93ec064c80a84c42ad0f23e85ee1fd6540a871
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed "s:/usr/include:${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include:" -i setup.py