diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b0196c92e..2d79e5028 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2009-02-08</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to File-5.00.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2342">#2342</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Added a patch to suppress a warning added in
           Tar-1.21 that causes the Perl testsuite to fail.</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 945b7a872..c683365c1 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Expect &expect-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>File &file-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Findutils &findutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index ca573c108..d4d3d886f 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-du "4 MB">
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY file-version "4.26">
-<!ENTITY file-size "571 KB">
+<!ENTITY file-version "5.00">
+<!ENTITY file-size "587 KB">
 <!ENTITY file-url "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-&file-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY file-md5 "74cd5466416136da30a4e69f74dbc7a0">
+<!ENTITY file-md5 "fd0b4ce55a756151629e06eaa3411e0c">
 <!ENTITY file-home "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/">
 <!ENTITY file-ch6-du "8.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY file-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">