diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index b6b12074517178386792d8a92fd497c0694cb27b..8df1cc07569e80210aef409ebfe885ffbddcdb2c 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 Summary: Library providing a simple virtualization API
 Name: libvirt
 Version: 9.10.0
-Release: 5
+Release: 6
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: https://libvirt.org/
 
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires: python3
 BuildRequires: python3-pytest
 BuildRequires: libgfapi0
-# For xmllint
-BuildRequires: libxml2
 # For xsltproc
 BuildRequires: libxslt
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -2606,6 +2604,9 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 11 2024 JiaboFeng <fengjiabo1@huawei.com> - 9.10.0-6
+- spec: remove libxml2 dependency
+
 * Wed Apr 10 2024 JiaboFeng <fengjiabo1@huawei.com> - 9.10.0-5
 - hotpatch: if hotpatch_path not in qemu.conf,the hotpatch doesn't antoload
 - remote: check for negative array lengths before allocation