diff --git a/packaging/3rdParty-devel/thirdpartydefinitions.cmake b/packaging/3rdParty-devel/thirdpartydefinitions.cmake
index 04a5df96c..dc9ca41d9 100644
--- a/packaging/3rdParty-devel/thirdpartydefinitions.cmake
+++ b/packaging/3rdParty-devel/thirdpartydefinitions.cmake
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ set(VORBIS_URL http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/${VORBIS_FILE})
 set(VORBIS_HASH SHA256=0e982409a9c3fc82ee06e08205b1355e5c6aa4c36bca58146ef399621b0ce5ab)
 
 # expat
-set(EXPAT_VERSION 2.4.3)
+set(EXPAT_VERSION 2.4.4)
 string(REPLACE "." "_" EXPAT_TAG ${EXPAT_VERSION})
 set(EXPAT_PROJECT expat-${EXPAT_VERSION})
 set(EXPAT_FILE ${EXPAT_PROJECT}.tar.bz2)
 set(EXPAT_URL https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_${EXPAT_TAG}/${EXPAT_FILE})
-set(EXPAT_HASH SHA256=6f262e216a494fbf42d8c22bc841b3e117c21f2467a19dc4c27c991b5622f986)
+set(EXPAT_HASH SHA256=14c58c2a0b5b8b31836514dfab41bd191836db7aa7b84ae5c47bc0327a20d64a)
 
 set(EXPAT_LEGACY_VERSION 2.2.10)
 string(REPLACE "." "_" EXPAT_LEGACY_TAG ${EXPAT_LEGACY_VERSION})