diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index ccbc18dbe..050877ab5 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ of the LFS Book.</para>
 <listitem><para>man-pages-2.01</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>perl-5.8.6</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sysvinit-2.86</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>tar-1.15.1</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>tcl-8.4.9</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>udev-049</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>util-linux-2.12p</para></listitem>
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ of the LFS Book.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to Tar 1.15.1</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to util-linux 2.12p,
+added patch from Alexander to fix compilation issue</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Updated to man-pages 2.01</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>December 25th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to automake 1.9.4</para></listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 65f3138e2..f8b517beb 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 <!ENTITY shadow-version "4.0.6">
 <!ENTITY syslog-ng-version "1.6.5">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-version "2.86">
-<!ENTITY tar-version "1.14">
+<!ENTITY tar-version "1.15.1">
 <!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.9">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-version "4.7">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12p">