diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 0ff62ec77..96abb0c43 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-12-29</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to e2fsprogs-1.42.9.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3462">#3462</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.11.  Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3459">#3459</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 1b827acd3..c4fa4aea6 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Diffutils &diffutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>E2fsprogs &e2fsprogs-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Expect &expect-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>GCC &gcc-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>GDBM &gdbm-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Gettext &gettext-version;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 8d5cdc076..6efb07619 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
 
-    <para>First, fix a regression test:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/mke2fs/$MKE2FS/' -e 's/debugfs/$DEBUGFS/' tests/f_extent_oobounds/script</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in
     a subdirectory of the source tree: </para>
 
@@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4, mkfs.ext4dev, 
         resize2fs, and tune2fs</seg>
         <seg>libcom_err.{a,so}, libe2p.{a,so}, libext2fs.{a,so},
-        libquota.a and libss.{a,so}</seg>
+        libquota.a, and libss.{a,so}</seg>
         <seg>/usr/include/e2p, /usr/include/et, /usr/include/ext2fs,
         /usr/include/quota, /usr/include/ss, /usr/share/et, /usr/share/ss</seg>
       </seglistitem>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 1339fb154..5c8e430cf 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@
 <!-- NOTE: When updating e2fsprogs, remember to check the list
      of acceptable features that can be shown by debugfs in
      chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml -->
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-version "1.42.8">
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-size "5,852 KB">
+<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-version "1.42.9">
+<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-size "5,928 KB">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-url "&sourceforge;e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-md5 "8ef664b6eb698aa6b733df59b17b9ed4">
+<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-md5 "3f8e41e63b432ba114b33f58674563f7">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-home "http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-ch6-du "64 MB">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-ch6-sbu "1.7 SBU">