diff --git a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/expat/package.py b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/expat/package.py
index 7cac7e10143..0820f6f6d13 100644
--- a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/expat/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/expat/package.py
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ class Expat(AutotoolsPackage, CMakePackage):
     url = "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_2_9/expat-2.2.9.tar.bz2"
 
     license("MIT")
+    version(
+        "2.8.2",
+        sha256="69e7f52417d85b1c2b7fe855e176eec55d0b2d7d92d691372d833a1c7df7923b",
+    )
+    # deprecate all releases before 2.8.2 because of various security issues
     version(
         "2.8.1",
         sha256="f5833dd2e1cd7739ec9182804a1a29c4f0cc7c2f26b633d3a2188b7766a88ecb",
+        deprecated=True,
     )
-    # deprecate all releases before 2.8.1 because of various security issues
     version(
         "2.8.0",
         sha256="586494499ac3ad46d87f3beda7b1f770c1c8026a9b60e151593f8b29089a52ca",