diff --git a/src/xmlsec.mk b/src/xmlsec.mk
index 6ac94932..221f61da 100644
--- a/src/xmlsec.mk
+++ b/src/xmlsec.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 PKG             := xmlsec
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.2.28
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 88c0ebf5f73e6a2d3ce11dd099fd20adb4a2997f4e9ab8064bb3a2800fd23fab
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.2.29
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := b23ec79b28f3bd8d525eed4b0c75ce1c4de7696563dde7e9dd3cdf2a172cfa3f
 $(PKG)_GH_CONF  := lsh123/xmlsec/tags,xmlsec-,,,_
 $(PKG)_DEPS     := cc gnutls libgcrypt libltdl libxml2 libxslt openssl
 
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         $(MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
         --enable-docs=no \
         --enable-apps=no \
+        CFLAGS='-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600 -DWINVER=0x0600' \
         LIBS="`$(TARGET)-pkg-config --libs-only-l dlfcn`"
 
-    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j '$(JOBS)' VERBOSE=1 $(MXE_DISABLE_CRUFT) LIBS=-lgcrypt
-    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j 1 install VERBOSE=1 $(MXE_DISABLE_CRUFT)
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j '$(JOBS)' V=1 $(MXE_DISABLE_CRUFT) LIBS=-lgcrypt
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j 1 install V=1 $(MXE_DISABLE_CRUFT)
 
     # compile test
     '$(TARGET)-gcc' \