diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 39a901a8d..128928e7f 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2008-10-09</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated Iproute to 2.6.26.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Added a command to the Inetutils instructions to
           correct an issue with GCC-&gcc-version;.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 94210f6f1..796ffe04b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@
 <!ENTITY inetutils-ch6-du "12 MB">
 <!ENTITY inetutils-ch6-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "2.6.23">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "334 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "2.6.26">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "359 KB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-url "http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "2e59da739ef19990408cf0a5cb0cae3e">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "7d221e735cba05709341cd46401c4ecd">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-home "http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Iproute2">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-du "4.8 MB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-du "5.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY kbd-version "1.14.1">