diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
index 7e3ee3e9adc7..8dfe60f9026d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ assert pythonSupport -> python != null;
 #TODO: share most stuff between python and non-python builds, perhaps via multiple-output
 
 let
-  version = "2.9.1";
+  version = "2.9.2";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nqgd1qqmg0cg09mch78m2ac9klj9n87blilx4kymi7jcv5n8g7x";
+    sha256 = "1g6mf03xcabmk5ing1lwqmasr803616gb2xhn7pll10x2l5w6y2i";
   };
 
   buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional pythonSupport python