diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b210af382..4b2a1ba01 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2010-10-24</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Coreutils-8.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2771">#2771</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2010-10-18</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 9fbabfb68..1888675ba 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Bzip2 &bzip2-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Coreutils &coreutils-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>DejaGNU &dejagnu-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@
       <para>bash-4.1-fixes-3.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>coreutils-8.6-i18n-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>coreutils-8.6-uname-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>perl-5.12.2-libc-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -252,6 +260,14 @@
       <para>bzip2-1.0.5-version_fixes-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>coreutils-8.5-i18n-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>coreutils-8.5-uname-2.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>perl-5.12.1-libc-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 3a8ebc2ad..4325aad9e 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20101018">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 18, 2010">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20101024">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 24, 2010">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2010"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.8">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 435fa8c03..efaa92f93 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bzip2-ch6-du "6.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY coreutils-version "8.5">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-size "10,489 KB">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-version "8.6">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-size "10,753 KB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-url "&gnu;coreutils/coreutils-&coreutils-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "c1ffe586d001e87d66cd80c4536ee823">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "164b3fd0dfc4fb65174f34aadc1de5fb">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-home "&gnu-software;coreutils/">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch5-du "88 MB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch5-sbu "0.7 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 1123dbde0..52da59d85 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 
 
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch "coreutils-&coreutils-version;-i18n-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-md5 "e806ba5734411d1384f1e56169f31b22">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-md5 "d62df7263ca3e666dfa9330d99fe84cf">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-size "121 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY coreutils-uname-patch "coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-uname-patch "coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-uname-patch-md5 "500481b75892e5c07e19e9953a690e54">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-uname-patch-size "1.6 KB">