diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index fa0db34e2..ec3ac4a63 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2010-12-28</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+         <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Coreutils-8.8. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2811">#2811</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2010-12-19</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index c7699dc5e..ebc75f0c2 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>coreutils-8.6-i18n-1.patch</para>
+      <para>coreutils-&coreutils-version;-i18n-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>coreutils-8.6-uname-1.patch</para>
+      <para>coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 7e364de66..25fa5e180 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20101223">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "December 23, 2010">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20101228">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "December 28, 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 04e4d5471..49be1301c 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 "8.6">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-size "10,753 KB">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-version "8.8">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-size "10,967 KB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-url "&gnu;coreutils/coreutils-&coreutils-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "164b3fd0dfc4fb65174f34aadc1de5fb">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "bad596d9654e299eedea0eaf93f178fa">
 <!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 7e476a009..934cda63c 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch "coreutils-&coreutils-version;-i18n-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-md5 "d62df7263ca3e666dfa9330d99fe84cf">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-size "121 KB">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-md5 "723244bb9b88299d3aea33dc9d0c4fab">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-size "120 KB">
 
 <!ENTITY coreutils-uname-patch "coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-uname-patch-md5 "500481b75892e5c07e19e9953a690e54">