diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index aa55ea9ff..4cb698ce4 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2024-11-08</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Added binutils-2.43.1-upstream_fix-1.patch. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5591'>#5591</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to flit_core-3.10.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5589'>#5589</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.6.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5590'>#5590</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2024-10-25</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index c1ef4374d..2279d171d 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <title>Added:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>expect-5.45.4-gcc14-2.patch</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>binutils-2.43.1-upstream_fix-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index ef00fbe5a..1956d39f5 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 -->
-<!--
+
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Binutils LTO Fix Patch - <token>&binutils-lto-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <term>Binutils Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&binutils-upstream-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&binutils-lto-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&binutils-lto-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&binutils-upstream-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&binutils-upstream-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
--->
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bzip2 Documentation Patch - <token>&bzip2-docs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 66c6ef3fc..54fa6f444 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
             --build=$(sh support/config.guess) \
             --host=$LFS_TGT                    \
-            --without-bash-malloc              \
-            bash_cv_strtold_broken=no</userinput></screen>
+            --without-bash-malloc</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index 9dbcf7863..f07a692e7 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr             \
             --without-bash-malloc     \
             --with-installed-readline \
-            bash_cv_strtold_broken=no \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml
index 391e1a947..69d7dda3a 100644
--- a/chapter08/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
 
+    <para>First, apply a patch to prevent a bug that causing
+    unnecessary relinking with packages that depend on cmake-3.31.0
+    or newer:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils
     in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index f2dae0515..9e4ee16ca 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@
 <!ENTITY elfutils-fin-du "127 MB">
 <!ENTITY elfutils-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY expat-version "2.6.3">
-<!ENTITY expat-size "475 KB">
+<!ENTITY expat-version "2.6.4">
+<!ENTITY expat-size "476 KB">
 <!ENTITY expat-url "&sourceforge;expat/expat-&expat-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY expat-md5 "3812d9fe29a5a6d64de3fa6e6509fdad">
+<!ENTITY expat-md5 "101fe3e320a2800f36af8cf4045b45c7">
 <!ENTITY expat-home "https://libexpat.github.io/">
 <!ENTITY expat-fin-du "13 MB">
 <!ENTITY expat-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@
 <!ENTITY flex-fin-du "33 MB">
 <!ENTITY flex-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY flit-core-version "3.10.0">
-<!ENTITY flit-core-size "32 KB">
+<!ENTITY flit-core-version "3.10.1">
+<!ENTITY flit-core-size "42 KB">
 <!ENTITY flit-core-url "&pypi-src;/f/flit-core/flit_core-&flit-core-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY flit-core-md5 "38fd365dc980d99107dfccadc96d0c4f">
+<!ENTITY flit-core-md5 "a3381dd58e23e9826c5199b1f70318b0">
 <!ENTITY flit-core-home "&pypi-home;/flit-core/">
 <!ENTITY flit-core-fin-du "1.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY flit-core-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index fbb773577..7035044cd 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bash-upstream-fixes-patch-md5 "2d1691a629c558e894dbb78ee6bf34ef">
 <!ENTITY bash-upstream-fixes-patch-size "5.9 KB">
 -->
+<!ENTITY binutils-upstream-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-upstream_fix-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY binutils-upstream-patch-md5 "eddd9860af589ec328541a9ec5e5928e">
+<!ENTITY binutils-upstream-patch-size "18 KB">
+
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch "bzip2-&bzip2-version;-install_docs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-md5 "6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-size "1.6 KB">