diff --git a/download.lst b/download.lst
index 276d67276c07..643e9cc7f3f3 100644
--- a/download.lst
+++ b/download.lst
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ ETONYEK_TARBALL := libetonyek-0.1.$(ETONYEK_VERSION_MICRO).tar.xz
 # three static lines
 # so that git cherry-pick
 # will not run into conflicts
-EXPAT_SHA256SUM := cb5f5a8ea211e1cabd59be0a933a52e3c02cc326e86a4d387d8d218e7ee47a3e
-EXPAT_TARBALL := expat-2.6.0.tar.xz
+EXPAT_SHA256SUM := ee14b4c5d8908b1bec37ad937607eab183d4d9806a08adee472c3c3121d27364
+EXPAT_TARBALL := expat-2.6.2.tar.xz
 # three static lines
 # so that git cherry-pick
 # will not run into conflicts
diff --git a/external/expat/0001-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch b/external/expat/0001-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index adec5ed0d9be..000000000000
--- a/external/expat/0001-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From 3f60a47cb5716bb810789a12ef6024c1dc448164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Taichi Haradaguchi <20001722@ymail.ne.jp>
-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 19:28:35 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix compiler warnings
-
-> In file included from ./../lib/internal.h:149,
->                  from codepage.c:38:
-> ./../lib/expat.h:1045:5: warning: "XML_GE" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
->  1045 | #if XML_GE == 1
->       |     ^~~~~~
-> ./../lib/internal.h:158:5: warning: "XML_GE" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
->   158 | #if XML_GE == 1
->       |     ^~~~~~
----
- expat/lib/expat.h    | 2 +-
- expat/lib/internal.h | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/expat/lib/expat.h b/expat/lib/expat.h
-index 95464b0d..79bbfb61 100644
---- a/expat/lib/expat.h
-+++ b/expat/lib/expat.h
-@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ typedef struct {
- XMLPARSEAPI(const XML_Feature *)
- XML_GetFeatureList(void);
- 
--#if XML_GE == 1
-+#if defined(XML_GE) && XML_GE == 1
- /* Added in Expat 2.4.0 for XML_DTD defined and
-  * added in Expat 2.6.0 for XML_GE == 1. */
- XMLPARSEAPI(XML_Bool)
-diff --git a/expat/lib/internal.h b/expat/lib/internal.h
-index cce71e4c..208c6b67 100644
---- a/expat/lib/internal.h
-+++ b/expat/lib/internal.h
-@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ extern "C" {
- void _INTERNAL_trim_to_complete_utf8_characters(const char *from,
-                                                 const char **fromLimRef);
- 
--#if XML_GE == 1
-+#if defined(XML_GE) && XML_GE == 1
- unsigned long long testingAccountingGetCountBytesDirect(XML_Parser parser);
- unsigned long long testingAccountingGetCountBytesIndirect(XML_Parser parser);
- const char *unsignedCharToPrintable(unsigned char c);
--- 
-2.43.1
-
diff --git a/external/expat/UnpackedTarball_expat.mk b/external/expat/UnpackedTarball_expat.mk
index 465105f2ca8c..5d4f41f6d147 100644
--- a/external/expat/UnpackedTarball_expat.mk
+++ b/external/expat/UnpackedTarball_expat.mk
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_set_tarball,expat,$(EXPAT_TARBALL)))
 
 $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_update_autoconf_configs,expat,conftools))
 
-# * external/expat/0001-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch was sent to upstream as
-#   <https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/819> "Fix compiler warnings":
 $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,expat,\
-	external/expat/0001-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch \
 	external/expat/expat-winapi.patch \
 ))