diff --git a/templates/libxml2.tmpl b/templates/libxml2.tmpl
index 94d84edd635..b67c07b6574 100755
--- a/templates/libxml2.tmpl
+++ b/templates/libxml2.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.7.1
+version=2.7.2
 extract_sufx=".tar.gz"
 url=http://xmlsoft.org/sources
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ make_cmd="$PKGFS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"
 pkgconfig_override="libxml-2.0.pc"
 short_desc="XML parser library from the GNOME project"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=4de3732c39efa95b63abbd60dbb74357075faf63
-long_desc="..."
+checksum=2b14531007a705679c7814618dc15baed62bc574
+long_desc="
+ XML parser library from the GNOME project."