diff --git a/omnibus_overrides.rb b/omnibus_overrides.rb
index bebda20fe..ef4c448af 100644
--- a/omnibus_overrides.rb
+++ b/omnibus_overrides.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 override "libiconv", version: "1.15"
 override "liblzma", version: "5.2.3"
 override "libtool", version: "2.4.2"
-override "libxml2", version: "2.9.8"
+override "libxml2", version: "2.9.9"
 override "libxslt", version: "1.1.30"
 override "libyaml", version: "0.1.7"
 override "makedepend", version: "1.0.5"