diff --git a/libxml2/.footprint b/libxml2/.footprint
index 5c86349..d93e547 100644
--- a/libxml2/.footprint
+++ b/libxml2/.footprint
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/libxml2/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/cmake/libxml2/libxml2-config.cmake
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so -> libxml2.so.2.12.5
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 -> libxml2.so.2.12.5
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.12.5
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so -> libxml2.so.2.12.6
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 -> libxml2.so.2.12.6
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.12.6
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxml-2.0.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
diff --git a/libxml2/.md5sum b/libxml2/.md5sum
index 1495607..ae26114 100644
--- a/libxml2/.md5sum
+++ b/libxml2/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-329138464b69422815c11e62acbc10dd  libxml2-2.12.5.tar.xz
+37fab9ace78d8a085af81dc9a19f36d9  libxml2-2.12.6.tar.xz
diff --git a/libxml2/Pkgfile b/libxml2/Pkgfile
index f8f2233..05e7f2d 100644
--- a/libxml2/Pkgfile
+++ b/libxml2/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Depends on:  xz zlib
 
 name=libxml2
-version=2.12.5
+version=2.12.6
 release=1
 source=https://download.gnome.org/sources/$name/${version%.*}/$name-$version.tar.xz