diff --git a/main/python3/APKBUILD b/main/python3/APKBUILD
index 824b01a011c7..8501520b8ddb 100644
--- a/main/python3/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/python3/APKBUILD
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 # Contributor: Sheila Aman <sheila@vulpine.house>
 pkgname=python3
 # the python3-tkinter's pkgver needs to be synchronized with this.
-pkgver=3.11.8
+pkgver=3.11.9
 _basever="${pkgver%.*}"
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="High-level scripting language"
 url="https://www.python.org/"
 arch="all"
 license="PSF-2.0"
+depends="libexpat>=2.6.0"
 # pyc0 comes last because the files are named without a unique substring
 subpackages="
 	$pkgname-dbg
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ makedepends="
 source="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$pkgver/Python-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	externally-managed
 	musl-find_library.patch
-	fix-test_xml_etree-expat-2.6.0.patch
 	"
 options="net" # Required for tests
 builddir="$srcdir/Python-$pkgver"
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ pyc2() {
 }
 
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 "