diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 639cbc509..22ded76ab 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
       <para>2007-04-16</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Increase the version of Bison required on host
+          systems to 1.875.  Bash doesn't work correctly with versions less than
+          that.  Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1977">#1977</ulink>.</para>
           <para>[matthew] - Change all references to
           <filename>/etc/adjtime</filename> in the Util-Linux sources to
           <filename>/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime</filename>.  Previously, only
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
index 6631bb26a..8e5b6f259 100644
--- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <para><emphasis role="strong">Bison-1.26a</emphasis></para>
+      <para><emphasis role="strong">Bison-1.875</emphasis></para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>