diff --git a/scripts/libxml2/download.sh b/scripts/libxml2/download.sh
index d05cbfb..c8fff8b 100755
--- a/scripts/libxml2/download.sh
+++ b/scripts/libxml2/download.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 source ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/common-functions.sh
 
-XML_VERSION=2.11.7
+XML_VERSION=2.12.6
 
 downloadTarArchive \
   "libxml2" \