diff --git a/expat/CMakeLists.txt b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
index babab6f..c107deb 100644
--- a/expat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(LIBCURRENT 7)   # sync
-set(LIBREVISION 7)  # with
+set(LIBREVISION 8)  # with
 set(LIBAGE 6)       # configure.ac!
 math(EXPR LIBCURRENT_MINUS_AGE "${LIBCURRENT} - ${LIBAGE}")
 
diff --git a/expat/Changes b/expat/Changes
index 460c621..ce6413b 100644
--- a/expat/Changes
+++ b/expat/Changes
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
             #180  Windows: Fix compilation of test suite for Visual Studio 2008
   #131 #173 #202  Address compiler warnings
   #187 #190 #200  Fix miscellaneous typos
+                  Version info bumped from 7:7:6 to 7:8:6
 
         Special thanks to:
             Anton Maklakov
diff --git a/expat/configure.ac b/expat/configure.ac
index 748bf71..a68d9a4 100644
--- a/expat/configure.ac
+++ b/expat/configure.ac
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 dnl
 
 LIBCURRENT=7   # sync
-LIBREVISION=7  # with
+LIBREVISION=8  # with
 LIBAGE=6       # CMakeLists.txt!
 
 CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DHAVE_EXPAT_CONFIG_H"