diff --git a/textproc/expat/Makefile b/textproc/expat/Makefile
index 72377cd3336e..e42fb2256a86 100644
--- a/textproc/expat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/expat/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.39 2019/06/29 22:36:04 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.40 2019/09/15 13:13:47 nia Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	expat-2.2.7
+DISTNAME=	expat-2.2.8
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
-MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=expat/}
-EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar.bz2
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GITHUB:=libexpat/}
+GITHUB_PROJECT=	libexpat
+GITHUB_RELEASE=	R_2_2_8
 
 MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
-HOMEPAGE=	http://expat.sourceforge.net/
+HOMEPAGE=	https://libexpat.github.io/
 COMMENT=	XML parser library written in C
 LICENSE=	mit
 
diff --git a/textproc/expat/distinfo b/textproc/expat/distinfo
index 5decb3367b6d..507a835c1cb8 100644
--- a/textproc/expat/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/expat/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.32 2019/06/29 22:36:04 wiz Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.33 2019/09/15 13:13:47 nia Exp $
 
-SHA1 (expat-2.2.7.tar.bz2) = 9c8a268211e3f1ae31c4d550e5be7708973ec6a6
-RMD160 (expat-2.2.7.tar.bz2) = 69422879994f197d8b2fe613a7e24d50703f0188
-SHA512 (expat-2.2.7.tar.bz2) = a078692317b44f14a9acdca4ddc04adac6a48d22ab321bba3e9e32c92131752aa397915d7121c4a95dc1b603d6a6128f7dce3741093d4322944787e0b49b4c00
-Size (expat-2.2.7.tar.bz2) = 524943 bytes
+SHA1 (expat-2.2.8.tar.gz) = 2097c111a23d0583cc8ea42f99ebfe7e29aeba92
+RMD160 (expat-2.2.8.tar.gz) = ecaa41cf9bf0363fa9dcaca062a2d29015b14343
+SHA512 (expat-2.2.8.tar.gz) = a7f29d451a235e326906b7c657234d97e4400397122d2cf13da96e437b558e29bec124ab02e32679c90614d53638adbb8d9d2ca441fb139f5d673f493c34115b
+Size (expat-2.2.8.tar.gz) = 661011 bytes