diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 84f419602..b0527bcc7 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>March 18, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to file-4.17.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Use updated version of the coreutils suppression
           patch to prevent coreutils version of the su man page from being
diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index 4b0faed15..448afe1d4 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>File (&file-version;) - 399 KB:</term>
+      <term>File (&file-version;) - 404 KB:</term>
       <listitem>
         <para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/"/></para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/file.xml b/chapter06/file.xml
index cae4324f7..2fb0f3f3b 100644
--- a/chapter06/file.xml
+++ b/chapter06/file.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
-        <seg>6.2 MB</seg>
+        <seg>0.2 SBU</seg>
+        <seg>6.6 MB</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 5957781f8..0a24f88df 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-version "1.38">
 <!ENTITY expect-version "5.43.0">
 <!ENTITY expect-lib-version "5.43">
-<!ENTITY file-version "4.16">
+<!ENTITY file-version "4.17">
 <!ENTITY findutils-version "4.2.27">
 <!ENTITY flex-version "2.5.31">
 <!ENTITY gawk-version "3.1.5">