diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e84c9451a..bb0e52289 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ validate: tmpdir
 	$(Q)xmllint --nonet --noent --xinclude --postvalid \
 	  -o $(RENDERTMP)/lfs-full.xml index.xml
 	$(Q)rm -f appendices/*.script
-	$(Q)./aux-file-data.sh $(RENDERTMP)/lfs-full.xml
+	# Don't redo bootscripts for release version -- need static md5sum
+	#$(Q)./aux-file-data.sh $(RENDERTMP)/lfs-full.xml
 	@echo "Validation complete."
 
 profile-html: validate
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 9414dc540..cd7d552f0 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2013-09-08</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-7.4 released.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-09-07</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 6914bc9e9..4001be8a3 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20130907">
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 7, 2013">
+<!ENTITY version         "7.4">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 8, 2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2013"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.4">
-<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
+<!ENTITY generic-version "7.4"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root       "&lfs-root;blfs/">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 5d1787162..bb678329d 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20130821">                 <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "BOOTSCRIPTS-SIZE KB">         <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "34 KB">         <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-url "&downloads-root;lfs-bootscripts-&lfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "BOOTSCRIPTS-MD5SUM">           <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "9666b931d43a3a3fc39ecaccb59bd0ab">      <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-home " ">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-du "BOOTSCRIPTS-INSTALL-KB KB"> <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-du "260 KB"> <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY libpipeline-version "1.2.4">