diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/Manifest b/dev-libs/libxml2/Manifest
index 1e78c30..48e9a76 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 DIST libxml2-2.11.7.tar.xz 2628860 BLAKE2B 9aa553b09ec20fe01272ceafb59bf76b480f3cfc57084a527d09797dc39987e59635f8f7b1591060ef6a27adfcc07d8c8e8a907ee7ed04da0a108aae1517cd52 SHA512 202b0523d982eb5269dcb4644d8ab2ea31404771069462cdd6c5cd7e6672e0e50371ceb334133bb8f2c0a42f133e8f40c3f582bba5fc71ab168a2b18d4cfd81d
+DIST libxml2-2.11.8.tar.xz 2628212 BLAKE2B 7a9f62b9e6628e71462b0ae2a43947e398c8b948d57280ee5ac64a7cd0a13d39aa4cc55148421f999e5a04e19ca1ae2cb84884f85f3e22559cb45d8a7fca7d45 SHA512 b8c38365172b9f46e2da4dd696f5df4f917d05cc33456079d3d042578543c0f951da207361958ba8699a9f7256889f063737ba80dba8bb9720c8434be1ca723f
+DIST libxml2-2.12.5.tar.xz 2643452 BLAKE2B b63ade8b18d98701e95b79ac2199bfc4ca89c6085c48c3d0970945ae526558ee2137622ee8b4af5391f86e663a3f06a7e1aaad5f57eb639fc9da74704e2280f3 SHA512 da5c5afb95db80342d78d4371d029bf10ce5cd601b24b294272d9996f82357bd5262a15a2b44b0904a14471c8ff0c9fd9c796f164246551f02ee19a8f083f926
+DIST libxml2-2.12.6.tar.xz 2643124 BLAKE2B 677589cf063b109018aafc04a1564242ba1a9d88b2c511f583d4aa511c13aff15254a9d5f6ea2c294902338b0c0207ff59c51298e128981d57f86367ddc1a803 SHA512 19d6901c0f189813e8bd20ffdfbb29d8545ca30154d1f3cc82624d64e4db3cfbe8eef7e8ccc1e195289f1bf94bb50fefcf11a95badb0ddeb845b4e4ea5a819ac
+DIST libxml2-2.12.7.tar.xz 2641980 BLAKE2B 19abc2a7824212b1de3ceb1e8e3bbb39cb5feb31f8f6e1b1701a8255f34aadbbd01631e8011fd1207d2e711372a893034a99cb4aaa779a1df22d49d339dbfc76 SHA512 88b5f3e0a7c6704926e662a46ba0606d901efbcd70a36bd39fe034e29ee42d66d7296358761e04272c9696192a1380bda55852b2a0b14a05a7a083a08e125f5f
 DIST xmlts20130923.tar.gz 641522 BLAKE2B 63a47bc69278ef510cd0b3779aed729e1b309e30efa0015d28ed051cc03f9dfddb447ab57b07b3393e8f47393d15473b0e199c34cb1f5f746b15ddfaa55670be SHA512 d5c4d26b324ed21f4e0641cd7f8b76dbf9de80df8b519982e44d41c960df29fd03618e02e9693b2d11ad06d19c4a965274c95a048ec3b9653eacb919a7f8b733
 DIST xsts-2002-01-16.tar.gz 6894439 BLAKE2B 1e9ec63d2c104655e64249e07440a04d862fcbcd4d4e19745d81b34994319b510a531c9d6df1491fae1e90b5d0764f0f1a827251ca8df5d613178b0eab01ef25 SHA512 43300af6d39c1e2221b0ed7318fe14c7464eeb6eb030ed1e22eb29b4ab17f014e2a4c8887c3a46ae5d243e3072da27f00f4e285498ae6f1288177d38d1108288
 DIST xsts-2004-01-14.tar.gz 2761085 BLAKE2B 41545995fb3a65d053257c376c07d45ffd1041a433bfbdb46d4dd87a5afb60c18c8629a3d988323f9e7a1d709775b5a7e5930276a7121c0725a22705c0976e36 SHA512 32854388d7e720ad67156baf50bf2bae7bd878ca3e35fd7e44e57cad3f434f69d56bbbedd61509f8a1faf01c9eae74a078df8fe130780b182c05c05cb1c39ebe
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/files/libxml2-2.10.3-python3-unicode-errors.patch b/dev-libs/libxml2/files/libxml2-2.10.3-python3-unicode-errors.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 525e1fe..0000000
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/files/libxml2-2.10.3-python3-unicode-errors.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/745162
-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/64
-
---- a/python/libxml.c
-+++ b/python/libxml.c
-@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
-     PyObject *message;
-     PyObject *result;
-     char str[1000];
-+    unsigned char *ptr = (unsigned char *)str;
- 
- #ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
-     printf("libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(%p, %s, ...) called\n", ctx, msg);
-@@ -1636,12 +1637,20 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
- 	    str[999] = 0;
-         va_end(ap);
- 
-+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-+        /* Ensure the error string doesn't start at UTF8 continuation. */
-+        while (*ptr && (*ptr & 0xc0) == 0x80)
-+            ptr++;
-+#endif
-+
-         list = PyTuple_New(2);
-         PyTuple_SetItem(list, 0, libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
-         Py_XINCREF(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
--        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(str);
-+        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(ptr);
-         PyTuple_SetItem(list, 1, message);
-         result = PyEval_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
-+        /* Forget any errors caused in the error handler. */
-+        PyErr_Clear();
-         Py_XDECREF(list);
-         Py_XDECREF(result);
-     }
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.7-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.7-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 120000
index f0d00a8..0000000
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.7-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libxml2-2.11.7.ebuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.7.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.12.7.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.7.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.12.7.ebuild
index 01ad51e..6f79484 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.12.7.ebuild
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 # Note: Please bump in sync with dev-libs/libxslt
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..12} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"
-inherit flag-o-matic python-r1 multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs
+inherit flag-o-matic python-r1 multilib-minimal
 
 XSTS_HOME="http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/xml-schema-test-suite"
 XSTS_NAME_1="xmlschema2002-01-16"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 		unpack ${tarname}
 
 		if [[ -n ${PATCHSET_VERSION} ]] ; then
-			unpack ${PN}-${PATCHSET_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+			unpack ${PN}-${PATCHSET_VERSION}.tar.xz
 		fi
 	fi