diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 98ed99345..ac5b884bb 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2011-02-04</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Perl-5.12.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2824">#2824</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2011-01-27</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index adcce7d6d..c457646c4 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>perl-5.12.2-libc-1.patch</para>
+      <para>perl-5.12.3-libc-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index da2c72006..6648d1514 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20110127">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "January 27, 2011">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20110204">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "February 4, 2011">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2011"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.8">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 7a8013d8e..c780a9a8b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@
 <!ENTITY patch-ch6-du "1.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY patch-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY perl-version "5.12.2">
-<!ENTITY perl-size "12,060 KB">
+<!ENTITY perl-version "5.12.3">
+<!ENTITY perl-size "11,759 KB">
 <!ENTITY perl-url "http://cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-&perl-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY perl-md5 "7b018fe9c2f434eff0c629b4c515a8fc">
+<!ENTITY perl-md5 "72f3f7e1c700e79bbf9d9279ca5b42d9">
 <!ENTITY perl-home "http://cpan.org/">
 <!ENTITY perl-ch5-du "106 MB">
 <!ENTITY perl-ch5-sbu "0.8 SBU">