diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 82aada0080..7033ef7683 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Updating Information for MidnightBSD users.
 
+20240412:
+	expat 5.6.0
+
 20240411:
 	ldns 1.8.3
 
diff --git a/lib/libexpat/Makefile.depend b/lib/libexpat/Makefile.depend
index 6ef78fac5c..9add648af1 100644
--- a/lib/libexpat/Makefile.depend
+++ b/lib/libexpat/Makefile.depend
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DIRDEPS = \
 	lib/${CSU_DIR} \
 	lib/libc \
 	lib/libcompiler_rt \
+	lib/msun \
 
 
 .include <dirdeps.mk>
diff --git a/lib/libexpat/expat_config.h b/lib/libexpat/expat_config.h
index db1bce87de..0d581a431a 100644
--- a/lib/libexpat/expat_config.h
+++ b/lib/libexpat/expat_config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /* expat_config.h.  Generated from expat_config.h.in by configure.  */
 /* expat_config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
 
+#ifndef EXPAT_CONFIG_H
+#define EXPAT_CONFIG_H 1
+
 #include <machine/endian.h>
 
 /* Define if building universal (internal helper macro) */
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `arc4random_buf' function. */
 #define HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_BUF 1
 
+/* define if the compiler supports basic C++11 syntax */
+#define HAVE_CXX11 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1
 
@@ -77,13 +83,13 @@
 #define PACKAGE "expat"
 
 /* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
-#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "expat-bugs@libexpat.org"
+#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues"
 
 /* Define to the full name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "expat"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "expat 2.5.0"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "expat 2.6.0"
 
 /* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "expat"
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_URL ""
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.5.0"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.6.0"
 
 /* Define to 1 if all of the C90 standard headers exist (not just the ones
    required in a freestanding environment). This macro is provided for
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@
 #define STDC_HEADERS 1
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "2.5.0"
+#define VERSION "2.6.0"
 
 /* Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN to 1 if your processor stores words with the most
    significant byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel). */
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@
 /* #undef XML_ATTR_INFO */
 
 /* Define to specify how much context to retain around the current parse
-   point. */
+   point, 0 to disable. */
 #define XML_CONTEXT_BYTES 1024
 
 /* Define to include code reading entropy from `/dev/urandom'. */
@@ -128,6 +134,9 @@
 /* Define to make parameter entity parsing functionality available. */
 #define XML_DTD 1
 
+/* Define as 1/0 to enable/disable support for general entities. */
+#define XML_GE 1
+
 /* Define to make XML Namespaces functionality available. */
 #define XML_NS 1
 
@@ -139,3 +148,5 @@
 
 /* Define to `unsigned int' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
 /* #undef size_t */
+
+#endif // ndef EXPAT_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/lib/libexpat/libbsdxml.3 b/lib/libexpat/libbsdxml.3
index a299d7b783..c6c2518ea4 100644
--- a/lib/libexpat/libbsdxml.3
+++ b/lib/libexpat/libbsdxml.3
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
 .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
-.\"
 .\"/
-.Dd November 4, 2022
+.Dd February 17, 2024
 .Dt LIBBSDXML 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-library is a verbatim copy of the eXpat XML library version 2.5.0.
+library is a verbatim copy of the eXpat XML library version 2.6.0.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm