diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a9cdbd6d5..6c1af3f41 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to perl-5.8.7.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to tcl-8.4.10.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>June 12th, 2005 [matt]: Upgraded to man-pages-2.03.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index ece0a5e12..7a869f7a2 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
-<term>Perl (&perl-version;) - 9,466 KB:</term>
+<term>Perl (&perl-version;) - 9,609 KB:</term>
 <listitem>
 <para><ulink url="http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/CPAN/src/"/></para>
 </listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 9d4dd55ec..5a8adfae7 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 <!ENTITY module-init-tools-version "3.1">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.4">
 <!ENTITY patch-version "2.5.4">
-<!ENTITY perl-version "5.8.6">
+<!ENTITY perl-version "5.8.7">
 <!ENTITY procps-version "3.2.5">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-version "21.6">
 <!ENTITY readline-version "5.0">