diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 05d70079a0..c98d3f3495 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>September 14th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to curl-7.50.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8297">#8297</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to gnutls-3.5.4. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8281">#8281</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/networking/netlibs/curl.xml b/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
index 5fd76dc0d0..d7d2975c37 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY curl-download-http "https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.lzma">
   <!ENTITY curl-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY curl-md5sum        "440fb3aa31a9e97f95394fd2022552c3">
+  <!ENTITY curl-md5sum        "6080c1eb3e72d5da6c892ba72a074ad2">
   <!ENTITY curl-size          "5.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY curl-buildsize     "55 MB (additional 9 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY curl-time          "0.4 SBU (additional 10.4 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY curl-time          "0.4 SBU (additional 9.9 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index e49ddb4a72..8028b0fbd9 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 <!ENTITY wicd-major-version           "1.7">
 
 <!-- Chapter 17 -->
-<!ENTITY curl-version                 "7.50.2">
+<!ENTITY curl-version                 "7.50.3">
 <!ENTITY geoclue-version              "0.12.0">
 <!ENTITY geoclue2-version             "2.4.4">
 <!ENTITY glib-networking-version      "2.48.2">