diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7dad42768..9414dc540 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2013-09-07</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Increase version of Gawk required on the host to
+          4.0.1.  Gawk-3.1.8 from Ubuntu-12.04 hangs during the build of Glibc.
+          Thanks to Walter P. Little for the report.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-08-31</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 2150fd203..6914bc9e9 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20130831">
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "August 31, 2013">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20130907">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 7, 2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2013"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.4">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
index 45c892136..81d503efe 100644
--- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <para><emphasis role="strong">Gawk-3.1.5</emphasis> (/usr/bin/awk
+      <para><emphasis role="strong">Gawk-4.0.1</emphasis> (/usr/bin/awk
       should be a link to gawk)</para>
     </listitem>