diff --git a/Utilities/Scripts/update-expat.bash b/Utilities/Scripts/update-expat.bash
index 75e492a1c0..a052c0edd3 100755
--- a/Utilities/Scripts/update-expat.bash
+++ b/Utilities/Scripts/update-expat.bash
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ readonly name="expat"
 readonly ownership="Expat Upstream <kwrobot@kitware.com>"
 readonly subtree="Utilities/cmexpat"
 readonly repo="https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat.git"
-readonly tag="R_2_2_10"
+readonly tag="R_2_4_1"
 readonly shortlog=false
 readonly paths="
   expat/lib/asciitab.h