diff --git a/libs/libxml2/Makefile b/libs/libxml2/Makefile
index 3cded08954..eccab4c504 100644
--- a/libs/libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libxml2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libxml2
 PKG_VERSION:=2.9.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://xmlsoft.org/sources/