diff --git a/textproc/libxml2/Makefile b/textproc/libxml2/Makefile
index 851c43059bce..ac9f8375c231 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libxml2/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	libxml2
-PORTVERSION=	2.5.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.5.9
 CATEGORIES=	textproc gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNOME}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	sources/${PORTNAME}/2.5
diff --git a/textproc/libxml2/distinfo b/textproc/libxml2/distinfo
index 84157a5565b7..c67c83cc7195 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml2/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/libxml2/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (gnome2/libxml2-2.5.8.tar.bz2) = 526b84406f163d8f514f40f9ba46c336
+MD5 (gnome2/libxml2-2.5.9.tar.bz2) = 43dab6e1682b80af1d0773a0a3b33cea