diff --git a/general/genlib/libxml2.xml b/general/genlib/libxml2.xml
index 09bd594861..ea326838ca 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libxml2.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libxml2.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!-- Also update the download, md5, size entities in libxml2py2.xml -->
   <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY libxml2-download-ftp  "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum        "10942a1dc23137a8aa07f0639cbfece5">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum        "f433a39be087a9f0b197eb2307ad9f75">
   <!ENTITY libxml2-size          "5.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize     "87 MB (add 15 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-time          "0.2 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize     "116 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-time          "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY testsuite-version     "20130923">
 ]>
 
@@ -102,15 +102,6 @@
     </para>
 
     <note>
-<!-- python3 is always available now
-      <para>
-        Some packages which utilize <application>libxml2</application> (such as
-        <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>) need the
-        <application>Python3</application> module installed to function properly
-        and some packages will not build properly if the
-        <application>Python3</application> module is not available.
-      </para>
--->
       <para>
         The old <application>Python2</application> module can be built after
         <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2.so</filename> has been installed,
@@ -126,33 +117,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
 
-    <para>
-      Apply a patch to fix various errors:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -p1 -i ../libxml2-&libxml2-version;-security_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>
-      Fix a problem generating the Python3 module with Python-3.9.0 and
-      later:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/if Py/{s/Py/(Py/;s/)/))/}' python/{types.c,libxml.c}</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>
-      If you are going to run the tests, disable one test that causes the Python
-      tests to terminate early with an error:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/test.test/#&amp;/' python/tests/tstLastError.py</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>
-      If, and only if, you are using <xref linkend="icu"/>, fix a
-      build breakage caused by that version by running the following command:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/ TRUE/ true/' encoding.c</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>
       Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
       commands:
@@ -174,7 +138,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make check &gt; check.log</command>.
       A summary of the results can be obtained with <command>grep -E
       '^Total|expected' check.log</command>. If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is
-      installed and you want to check memory leaks, replace
+      installed and you want to check for memory leaks, replace
       <command>check</command> with <command>check-valgrind</command>.
     </para>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index f98b5e400f..a65095fc95 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>May 16th, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libxml2-2.9.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15039">#15039</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Restore the ICU-69 patch in node.js.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 2a6990ffab..2e824424bf 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 <!-- the libxml2-version is also used for the python2 module,
 which is built separately after libxml2.so has been installed,
 to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
-<!ENTITY libxml2-version              "2.9.10">
+<!ENTITY libxml2-version              "2.9.12">
 <!ENTITY libxslt-version              "1.1.34">
 <!ENTITY libwacom-version             "1.10">
 <!ENTITY lzo-version                  "2.10">