diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b7743d366..5749f5815 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,56 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-01-01</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to libxcrypt-4.4.37. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5618">#5618</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to dbus-1.16.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5609">#5609</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20241220. Addresses
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-7.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5616'>#5616</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sysvinit-3.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5615'>#5615</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.17.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5616'>#5617</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-4.0.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5611'>#5611</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.6.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5510'>#5610</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.12.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5613'>#5613</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.7.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5608'>#5608</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to jinja2-3.1.5 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5614'>#5614</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2024-12-23</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index aa8d41543..90afb8d16 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>DejaGNU-&dejagnu-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem revision="systemd">
+    <listitem revision="systemd">
       <para>D-Bus-&dbus-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Diffutils-&diffutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>IPRoute2-&iproute2-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Jinja2-&jinja2-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Kbd-&kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Libtool-&libtool-version;</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Libxcrypt-&libxcrypt-version;</para>
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Linux-&linux-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -212,9 +215,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Pkgconf-&pkgconf-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Psmisc-&psmisc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -230,9 +233,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Setuptools-&setuptools-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Shadow-&shadow-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem revision="sysv">
       <para>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter08/dbus.xml b/chapter08/dbus.xml
index 36d5c55ca..086b30b93 100644
--- a/chapter08/dbus.xml
+++ b/chapter08/dbus.xml
@@ -48,41 +48,21 @@
 
     <para>Prepare D-Bus for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                        \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc                    \
-            --localstatedir=/var                 \
-            --runstatedir=/run                   \
-            --enable-user-session                \
-            --disable-static                     \
-            --disable-doxygen-docs               \
-            --disable-xml-docs                   \
-            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version; \
-            --with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir build
+cd    build
+
+meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback ..</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
-          <parameter>--runstatedir=/run</parameter> and
-          <parameter>--with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket</parameter>
+          <parameter>--wrap-mode=nofallback</parameter>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>These cause the PID file and the system bus socket
-          to be in <filename class="directory">/run</filename>, instead of
-          the deprecated <filename class="directory">/var/run</filename>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term>
-          <parameter>--enable-user-session</parameter>
-        </term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This ensures the D-Bus per-user service and socket unit
-          files are installed for Systemd.  They are not useful (but
-          harmless) in a base LFS installation, however they can be used
-          once systemd is rebuilt with PAM support in BLFS.</para>
+          <para>This switch prevents meson from attempting to download a copy
+          of the Glib package for the tests.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -90,11 +70,11 @@
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">ninja test</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Many tests are disabled because they require additional
     packages that are not included in LFS. Instructions for running the
@@ -103,7 +83,7 @@
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Create a symlink so that D-Bus and systemd can use the same
     <filename>machine-id</filename> file:</para>
@@ -149,7 +129,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-daemon">
         <term><command>dbus-daemon</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Is the D-Bus message bus daemon</para>
+          <para>is the D-Bus message bus daemon</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-daemon">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-daemon">dbus-daemon</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -159,7 +139,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-launch">
         <term><command>dbus-launch</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Starts <command>dbus-daemon</command> from a shell
+          <para>starts <command>dbus-daemon</command> from a shell
           script</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-launch">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-launch">dbus-launch</primary>
@@ -170,7 +150,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-monitor">
         <term><command>dbus-monitor</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Monitors messages passing through a D-Bus message bus</para>
+          <para>monitors messages passing through a D-Bus message bus</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-monitor">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-monitor">dbus-monitor</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -180,7 +160,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-run-session">
         <term><command>dbus-run-session</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Starts a session bus instance of <command>dbus-daemon</command>
+          <para>starts a session bus instance of <command>dbus-daemon</command>
           from a shell script and starts a specified program in that
           session</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-run-session">
@@ -192,7 +172,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-send">
         <term><command>dbus-send</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Sends a message to a D-Bus message bus</para>
+          <para>sends a message to a D-Bus message bus</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-send">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-send">dbus-send</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -202,7 +182,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-test-tool">
         <term><command>dbus-test-tool</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Is a tool to help packages test
+          <para>is a tool to help packages test
           <application>D-Bus</application></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-test-tool">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-test-tool">dbus-test-tool</primary>
@@ -214,7 +194,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="dbus-update-activation-environment">
         <term><command>dbus-update-activation-environment</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Updates environment variables that will be set for
+          <para>updates environment variables that will be set for
           <application>D-Bus</application> session services</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-update-activation-environment">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-update-activation-environment">dbus-update-activation-environment</primary>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 0f81f4e20..49af3fb39 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-fin-du "173 MB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-fin-sbu "1.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY dbus-version "1.14.10">
-<!ENTITY dbus-size "1,344 KB">
+<!ENTITY dbus-version "1.16.0">
+<!ENTITY dbus-size "1,092 KB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-url "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY dbus-md5 "46070a3487817ff690981f8cd2ba9376">
+<!ENTITY dbus-md5 "66bfcf1f42d4ebc634ca558d14335e92">
 <!ENTITY dbus-home "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">
-<!ENTITY dbus-fin-du "19 MB">
+<!ENTITY dbus-fin-du "17 MB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-version "1.6.3">
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-du "21 MB">
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20241206">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20241220">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-size "591 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/&iana-etc-version;/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "8ed4c07cada287f55207577976d6a37f">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "81e5f37dcc239d9e7268113ba4f1970d">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "https://www.iana.org/protocols">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-du "4.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -359,18 +359,18 @@
 <!ENTITY isl-fin-du "20 MB">
 <!ENTITY isl-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY jinja2-version "3.1.4">
-<!ENTITY jinja2-size "235 KB">
+<!ENTITY jinja2-version "3.1.5">
+<!ENTITY jinja2-size "239 KB">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-url "&pypi-src;/J/Jinja2/jinja2-&jinja2-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY jinja2-md5 "02ca9a6364c92e83d14b037bef4732bc">
+<!ENTITY jinja2-md5 "083d64f070f6f1b5f75971ae60240785">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-home "https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-fin-du "2.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.7">
-<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,437 KB">
+<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.7.1">
+<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,438 KB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-url "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-&kbd-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "bf40be5bea1b62e691410f5c6e0bbd6b">
+<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "f15673d9f748e58f82fa50cff0d0fd20">
 <!ENTITY kbd-home "https://kbd-project.org/">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-du "34 MB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -431,22 +431,22 @@
 <!ENTITY libtool-fin-du "45 MB">
 <!ENTITY libtool-fin-sbu "0.8 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY libxcrypt-version "4.4.36">
-<!ENTITY libxcrypt-size "610 KB">
+<!ENTITY libxcrypt-version "4.4.37">
+<!ENTITY libxcrypt-size "612 KB">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-url "&github;/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v&libxcrypt-version;/libxcrypt-&libxcrypt-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY libxcrypt-md5 "b84cd4104e08c975063ec6c4d0372446">
+<!ENTITY libxcrypt-md5 "13b528d04c74dab3c1c5471430161a8f">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-home "&github;/besser82/libxcrypt/">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-fin-du "12 MB">
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "6">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "12">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "5">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "7">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "144,535 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "144,501 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "33a827ff7dea6908e7615d0766f1018e">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "267a2cec0d794454a9f92a726280b56d">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 6.10.1 / gcc-14.1.0 on x86_64 with -j4 : 
  minimum is allnoconfig 
@@ -513,10 +513,10 @@
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-du "508 KB">
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY meson-version "1.6.0">
-<!ENTITY meson-size "2,225 KB">
+<!ENTITY meson-version "1.6.1">
+<!ENTITY meson-size "2,223 KB">
 <!ENTITY meson-url "&github;/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/&meson-version;/meson-&meson-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY meson-md5 "0031ea392f8ef97eeadfe1906c5cc5b4">
+<!ENTITY meson-md5 "397e29700c71f69d70fd2b5898620177">
 <!ENTITY meson-home "https://mesonbuild.com">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-du "43 MB">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@
 <!ENTITY pkgconf-fin-du "4.7 MB">
 <!ENTITY pkgconf-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY procps-ng-version "4.0.4">
-<!ENTITY procps-ng-size "1,369 KB">
+<!ENTITY procps-ng-version "4.0.5">
+<!ENTITY procps-ng-size "1,483 KB">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-url "https://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/files/Production/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY procps-ng-md5 "2f747fc7df8ccf402d03e375c565cf96">
+<!ENTITY procps-ng-md5 "90803e64f51f192f3325d25c3335d057">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-home "https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-fin-du "26 MB">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -655,10 +655,10 @@
 <!ENTITY setuptools-fin-du "35 MB">
 <!ENTITY setuptools-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY shadow-version "4.16.0">
-<!ENTITY shadow-size "2,154 KB">
+<!ENTITY shadow-version "4.17.0">
+<!ENTITY shadow-size "2,164 KB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-url "&github;/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/&shadow-version;/shadow-&shadow-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY shadow-md5 "eb70bad3316d08f0d3bb3d4bbeccb3b4">
+<!ENTITY shadow-md5 "63920a6fb28305401a4ebbde09e88376">
 <!ENTITY shadow-home "&github;/shadow-maint/shadow/">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-du "112 MB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -689,10 +689,10 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-fin-du   "267 MB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-fin-sbu  "0.8 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-version "3.11">
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-size "235 KB">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-version "3.12">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-size "236 KB">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-url "&github;/slicer69/sysvinit/releases/download/&sysvinit-version;/sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-md5 "cb4e4bdabd902b774c4d66a85e1f6209">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-md5 "4ade3bb661b94dcc9c0198ff8c02df6a">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-home "&savannah-nongnu;/projects/sysvinit">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-fin-du "2.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -719,10 +719,10 @@
 <!ENTITY tcl-tmp-du "91 MB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-tmp-sbu "3.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY texinfo-version "7.1.1">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-size "5,443 KB">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-version "7.2">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-size "6,259 KB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-url "&gnu;texinfo/texinfo-&texinfo-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "e5fc595794a7980f98ce446a5f8aa273">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "11939a7624572814912a18e76c8d8972">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-home "&gnu-software;texinfo/">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-tmp-du "130 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-tmp-sbu "0.2 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 7035044cd..0c1b18d0c 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 <!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-size "13 KB">
 -->
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch "sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;-consolidated-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "17ffccbb8e18c39e8cedc32046f3a475">
+<!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "3af8fd8e13cad481eeeaa48be4247445">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size "2.5 KB">
 <!--
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">