diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index bcb442c5d..ffb088f59 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-du "2.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20090523">                 <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20090812">                 <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "BOOTSCRIPTS-SIZE KB">         <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-url "&downloads-root;lfs-bootscripts-&lfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "BOOTSCRIPTS-MD5SUM">           <!-- Updated in Makefile -->