diff --git a/libxml/libxml.spec b/libxml/libxml.spec
index 5807db8815..30d730b9f1 100644
--- a/libxml/libxml.spec
+++ b/libxml/libxml.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Packager:     The OpenPKG Project
 Distribution: OpenPKG [EXP]
 Group:        SGML
 License:      LGPL
-Version:      2.4.7
+Version:      2.4.8
 Release:      %{l_branch}.0
 
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