diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7e38d65d4..dd2a99418 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-06-04</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ncurses-6.5-20250531. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5737'>#5737</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to readline-8.3-rc2. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5738'>#5738</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.3-rc2. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5738'>#5738</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python-3.13.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5739'>#6739</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2025-06-01</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index a1f05eea8..7b03c7f02 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -296,18 +296,12 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Packaging-&packaging-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>bash-5.3-rc1-cross_compile_fix-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>coreutils-9.7-upstream_fix-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>perl-5.40.2-upstream_fix-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Python-3.13.3-security_fixes-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>
 
   </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 435fa6acd..1b5a38121 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&autoconf-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
--->
 
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bash Cross Compile Fix Patch - <token>&bash-crosscompile-fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bash-crosscompile-fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
 <!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Binutils Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&binutils-upstream-patch-size;</token>:</term>
@@ -135,6 +134,7 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Python Security Fix Patch - <token>&python-security-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&python-security-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+-->
 
     <varlistentry revision="sysv">
       <term>SysVinit Consolidated Patch - <token>&sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size;</token>:</term>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index ae33f9466..8e6a2396e 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First, fix a problem related to cross compilation and gcc-15:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-crosscompile-fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
index abf5f7819..1f6f14ecd 100644
--- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
 
-    <para>First apply a security patch identified upstream:</para>
+    <para>First, apply a patch for a security problem identified upstream:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 0cbce0b0c..7c5e710ed 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Python 3</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First, apply a security patch to the current package:</para>
 
     <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&python-security-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-    
+-->    
     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr          \
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index dffe24262..e5f65b299 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
 <!ENTITY automake-fin-du "121 MB">
 <!ENTITY automake-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU (about 1.1 SBU with tests)">
 
-<!ENTITY bash-version "5.3-rc1">
-<!ENTITY bash-size "10,491 KB">
+<!ENTITY bash-version "5.3-rc2">
+<!ENTITY bash-size "10,774 KB">
 <!ENTITY bash-url "&gnu;bash/bash-&bash-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY bash-md5 "f58f56196606a0d0cef9b96b733d256c">
+<!ENTITY bash-md5 "9c440d7c5ca37433e496c5e22f8918c6">
 <!ENTITY bash-home "&gnu-software;bash/">
 <!ENTITY bash-tmp-du "68 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-tmp-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -519,11 +519,11 @@
 <!ENTITY mpfr-fin-du "43 MB">
 <!ENTITY mpfr-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY ncurses-version "6.5-20250517">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-version "6.5-20250531">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-base-version "6.5">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-size "3,700 KB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-url "https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/current/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.tgz">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-md5 "f969398c02415326ca075db69e04f87f">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-md5 "5104913b6dc4804c45442b710c9ae912">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-home "&gnu-software;ncurses/">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-tmp-du "53 MB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-tmp-sbu "0.4 SBU">
@@ -605,25 +605,25 @@
 <!-- If python minor version changes, updates in python and
      meson pages will be needed: python3.6 and python3.6m -->
 
-<!ENTITY python-version "3.13.3">
+<!ENTITY python-version "3.13.4">
 <!ENTITY python-minor "3.13">
-<!ENTITY python-size "22,124 KB">
+<!ENTITY python-size "22,142 KB">
 <!ENTITY python-url "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python-version;/Python-&python-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY python-md5 "8bb5f0b8c9d9d7b87d7d98510e8d58e5">
+<!ENTITY python-md5 "2e2a8eb2e1be50049dc4248d99a52f89">
 <!ENTITY python-home "https://www.python.org/">
 <!ENTITY python-tmp-du "634 MB">
 <!ENTITY python-tmp-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 <!ENTITY python-fin-du "501 MB">
 <!ENTITY python-fin-sbu "2.1 SBU">
 <!ENTITY python-docs-url "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/doc/&python-version;/python-&python-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY python-docs-md5 "5b65ca5579dac14e425cd247af6fd043">
-<!ENTITY python-docs-size "10,112 KB">
+<!ENTITY python-docs-md5 "5c708de9d0f811199466f6c712381bbe">
+<!ENTITY python-docs-size "10,128 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-version "8.3-rc1">
+<!ENTITY readline-version "8.3-rc2">
 <!ENTITY readline-soversion "8.3"><!-- used for stripping -->
-<!ENTITY readline-size "3,336 KB">
+<!ENTITY readline-size "3,338 KB">
 <!ENTITY readline-url "&gnu;readline/readline-&readline-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY readline-md5 "65e32c25e6ba871e5b026d22d0b81002">
+<!ENTITY readline-md5 "d580a2ab42aa69d09c237b1e2058914d">
 <!ENTITY readline-home "https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html">
 <!ENTITY readline-fin-du "16 MB">
 <!ENTITY readline-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index dc666134a..7c0a42133 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
-
+<!--
 <!ENTITY bash-crosscompile-fix-patch "bash-&bash-version;-cross_compile_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bash-crosscompile-fix-patch-md5 "62f4cbdf89c2f4e4e453c798874a066a">
 <!ENTITY bash-crosscompile-fix-patch-size "1.5 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">
@@ -40,9 +39,11 @@
 <!ENTITY perl-upstream-fix-patch-md5 "1983b48fee837a98db47fb5dba934744">
 <!ENTITY perl-upstream-fix-patch-size "13 KB">
 
+<!--
 <!ENTITY python-security-fixes-patch "Python-&python-version;-security_fixes-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY python-security-fixes-patch-md5 "55f88f3bfe711911425c3172b9024938">
 <!ENTITY python-security-fixes-patch-size "24 KB">
+-->
 
 <!--
 <!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch "readline-&readline-version;-upstream_fixes-3.patch">