diff --git a/general/graphlib/poppler.xml b/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
index d256b6f69e..58f893b4e6 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY poppler-download-http "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-&poppler-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY poppler-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY poppler-md5sum        "a2e707e0520bc4bc960044c88d378293">
+  <!ENTITY poppler-md5sum        "616c33efce9fc33b0ac42336bc29a66c">
   <!ENTITY poppler-size          "1.8 MB">
   <!ENTITY poppler-buildsize     "112 MB (with Qt5 library and tests)">
   <!ENTITY poppler-time          "0.8 SBU (with parallelism=4, Qt5 library, and tests)">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 53a6481f7e..7a96585546 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
     -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>August 2nd, 2022</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[xry111] - Update to mpg123-1.30.2.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16856">#16856</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[xry111] - Update to libevdev-1.13.0 (xorg driver).  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16854">#16854</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[xry111] - Update to poppler-22.08.0.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16851">#16851</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>August 1st, 2022</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/multimedia/audioutils/mpg123.xml b/multimedia/audioutils/mpg123.xml
index 2b4a0706f2..22555a6b39 100644
--- a/multimedia/audioutils/mpg123.xml
+++ b/multimedia/audioutils/mpg123.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mpg123-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/mpg123/mpg123-&mpg123-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY mpg123-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY mpg123-md5sum        "6b3ec047e5cfbe01f4731b5ab03dcfde">
+  <!ENTITY mpg123-md5sum        "3b5d4a246440985cc33bf07ff2e2bb5c">
   <!ENTITY mpg123-size          "1.0 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mpg123-buildsize     "16 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mpg123-buildsize     "18 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY mpg123-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           mpg123, mpg123-id3dump, mpg123-strip, and out123
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          libmpg123.so, libout123.so, and libsyn123
+          libmpg123.so, libout123.so, and libsyn123.so
         </seg>
         <seg>
           /usr/lib/mpg123
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="libsyn123">
+        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsyn123.so</filename></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            contains some audio signal synthesis and format conversion
+            functions
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="mpg123 libsyn123">
+            <primary sortas="c-libsyn123">libsyn123.so</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
 
   </sect2>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index b7bd0f018d..4d19c11b91 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY openjpeg-version             "1.5.2">
 <!ENTITY openjpeg2-version            "2.5.0">
 <!ENTITY pixman-version               "0.40.0">   <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY poppler-version              "22.07.0">
+<!ENTITY poppler-version              "22.08.0">
 <!ENTITY potrace-version              "1.16">
 <!ENTITY qpdf-version                 "10.6.3">
 <!ENTITY qrencode-version             "4.1.1">
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY xvid-version                 "1.3.7">
 
 <!-- Chapter 43 -->
-<!ENTITY mpg123-version               "1.30.1">
+<!ENTITY mpg123-version               "1.30.2">
 <!ENTITY vorbistools-version          "1.4.2">
 <!ENTITY lame-version                 "3.100">
 <!ENTITY CDParanoia-version           "III-10.2">
diff --git a/x/installing/libevdev.xml b/x/installing/libevdev.xml
index 176304eab0..acf524e8e1 100644
--- a/x/installing/libevdev.xml
+++ b/x/installing/libevdev.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-version "1.12.1">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-version "1.13.0">
 
   <!ENTITY libevdev-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-&libevdev-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libevdev-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-md5sum        "f7801fd13801f6a2cb7cb7ab5b204639">
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-size          "440 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-buildsize     "8.2 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-md5sum        "5b15b4cf97c4f9f1393e499526a57665">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-size          "444 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-buildsize     "6.3 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY libevdev-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -118,13 +118,18 @@
         commands:
       </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
-make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
+cd    build &amp;&amp;
+
+meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
+      --buildtype=release   \
+      -Ddocumentation=false &amp;&amp;
+ninja</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>
         The regression tests can be run as the <systemitem
-        class="username">root</systemitem> user with <command>make
-        check</command>, in a graphical session. You need to have enabled
+        class="username">root</systemitem> user with <command>ninja
+        test</command>, in a graphical session. You need to have enabled
         the CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT setting in the kernel for full test coverage.
         If it is enabled as a module, the module is named
         <command>uinput</command> and needs to be loaded before running the
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
       </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3 role="content">