diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index bfe8c1adc..cf20ff314 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2007-04-16</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Man-db-2.4.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1975">#1975</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to M4-1.4.9. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1983">#1983</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c9a848b51..f70c008cc 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -333,10 +333,10 @@
 <!ENTITY make-ch6-du "9.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY make-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.4.3">
-<!ENTITY man-db-size "798 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.4.4">
+<!ENTITY man-db-size "877 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-url "http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/man-db/man-db-&man-db-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "30814a47f209f43b152659ba51fc7937">
+<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "9d7952de1aeb9121497a8204c59c56d7">
 <!ENTITY man-db-home "http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-du "9 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">