diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5ec523c16..b5c1e3d3c 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2011-08-07</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Update to File-5.08. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2909">#2909</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2011-08-02</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c17c2164f..fce0be871 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20110803">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "Aug 3, 2011">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20110807">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "Aug 7, 2011">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2011"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.0">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 67b58a172..0471c1513 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-du "4.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY file-version "5.07">
-<!ENTITY file-size "583 KB">
+<!ENTITY file-version "5.08">
+<!ENTITY file-size "591 KB">
 <!ENTITY file-url "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-&file-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY file-md5 "b8d1f9a8a644067bd0a703cebf3f4858">
+<!ENTITY file-md5 "6a2a263c20278f01fe3bb0f720b27d4e">
 <!ENTITY file-home "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/">
 <!ENTITY file-ch5-du "9.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY file-ch5-sbu "0.2 SBU">