diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 471a7aacd..a855bd19a 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,17 @@
 -->
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>2012-08-13</para>
+      <para>2012-08-15</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Upgrade to coreutils-8.18. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3154">#3154</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2012-08-14</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Upgrade to perl-5.16.1. Fixes
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 9a19aa5bd..de033830f 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody . </userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Now run the tests:</para>
+    <para>Now run the tests.  One test case, test-parse-datetime, will 
+    fail because the regression test has not been updated for the latest
+    time zone data.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes -k check || true"</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 7a068694a..0421534c5 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20120814">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "August 14, 2012">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20120815">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "August 15, 2012">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2012"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.2">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index edeb975fc..4bd8200e7 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@
 <!ENTITY check-ch5-du "4.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY check-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY coreutils-version "8.17">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-size "4,958 KB">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-version "8.18">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-size "5.076 KB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-url "&gnu;coreutils/coreutils-&coreutils-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "bbda656ce8ca2c6903948f9faa204ba3">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "74712fbb0e0dfcb883c90eab91982780">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-home "&gnu-software;coreutils/">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch5-du "88 MB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch5-sbu "0.7 SBU">