diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d267fd3aa..c064000f8 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2010-01-24</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Util-Linux-NG-2.17. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2544">#2544</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Linux-2.6.32.5. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2542">#2542</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 9f43f480b..43072c646 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -514,10 +514,10 @@
 <!ENTITY udev-config-md5 "UDEV-MD5SUM">      <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY udev-config-home " ">
 
-<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-version "2.16.2">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-size "3,439 KB">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-url "&kernel;linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.16/util-linux-ng-&util-linux-ng-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-md5 "edd1f7a82fd388cc0e1e3d2d1e7ea55a">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-version "2.17">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-size "3,680 KB">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-url "&kernel;linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.17/util-linux-ng-&util-linux-ng-version;.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-md5 "11cc8a0138019e7060dd275d47dbc096">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-home "http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-ch5-du "19 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">