diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 699b008ac..468be3cfb 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2013-12-16</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Update to Linux-3.12.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3436">#3436</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-12-13</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index a02835661..8e2d4f170 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20131213">
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 13, 2013">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20131216">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 16, 2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2013"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.5">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c883e711c..5bc59efcd 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "3">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "12">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "5">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
-<!ENTITY linux-size "74,589 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "74,597 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "f6f34baf553f278ff4637d8eaeff5dcd">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "5b5330f657f562f7bef6da100a7133b1">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 3.9.0 / gcc-4.8.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,