diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.15.3.bb b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.15.3.bb
index 369f27ad2b..8b0ba29412 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.15.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.15.3.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/xml2-config"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig-disabled ptest
 
+# libxml2 publishes bugfix/security-only micro releases on its per-minor
+# release branches.
+inherit upstream-stable-release-point
+
 LDFLAGS:append:riscv64 = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-lld ptest', ' -fuse-ld=bfd', '', d)}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "locale-base-en-us"