diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.6.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.0.bb
similarity index 92%
rename from meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.6.4.bb
rename to meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.0.bb
index f383792793..f3659d9f90 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.6.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.0.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/R_${VERSION_TAG}/expat-${PV}.tar.bz2  \
 GITHUB_BASE_URI = "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "releases/tag/R_(?P<pver>.+)"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8dc480b796163d4436e6f1352e71800a774f73dbae213f1860b60607d2a83ada"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "10f3e94896cd7f44de566cafa2e0e1f35e8df06d119b38d117c0e72d74a4b4b7"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE:class-native += "-DEXPAT_BUILD_DOCS=OFF"