diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index edd35bb5e..0097cb2c6 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2021-09-08</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Fix regressions in File that result in improper
+          detection of text and XZ files.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2021-09-06</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index f4f4be90c..cd40cb78a 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <title>Added:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>file-5.40-upstream_fixes-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
     <!--
     <listitem>
       <para>binutils-2.37-upstream_fix-1.patch</para>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 9c32c63f8..8921684ce 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>File Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&file-upstream-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&file-upstream-fixes-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&file-upstream-fixes-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Glibc FHS Patch - <token>&glibc-fhs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter08/file.xml b/chapter08/file.xml
index eb9f41a2b..8baf349b1 100644
--- a/chapter08/file.xml
+++ b/chapter08/file.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of File</title>
 
+    <para>First, fix a few regressions in File:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../file-&file-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index e1700857a..99595d762 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 <!ENTITY flex-fixes-patch-size "3.4 KB">
 -->
 
+<!ENTITY file-upstream-fixes-patch "file-&file-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY file-upstream-fixes-md5 "d99090db596b9db2bed869662199a56a">
+<!ENTITY file-upstream-fixes-patch-size "4.0 KB">
+
 <!ENTITY gcc-upstream-fixes-patch "gcc-&gcc-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY gcc-upstream-fixes-patch-md5 "27266d2a771f2ff812cb6ec9c8b456b4">
 <!ENTITY gcc-upstream-fixes-patch-size "18.0 KB">