diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index d7fbc91a28..57ae9be305 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "06">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "08">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "03">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 6th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 8th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development] -->
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index c86fdc2ccb..af62a5443e 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>March 8th, 2015</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[pierre] - Update to LVM2-2.02.117. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6185">#6185</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>March 6th, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 2e94413688..a68aabdb47 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <!-- Chapter 5 -->
 <!ENTITY fuse-version                 "2.9.3">
 <!ENTITY jfsutils-version             "1.1.15">
-<!ENTITY lvm2-version                 "2.02.116">
+<!ENTITY lvm2-version                 "2.02.117">
 <!ENTITY mdadm-version                "3.3.2">
 <!ENTITY ntfs-3g-version              "2014.2.15">
 <!ENTITY gptfdisk-version             "0.8.10">
diff --git a/postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml b/postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml
index 0a5f10959a..17401ed764 100644
--- a/postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml
+++ b/postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY lvm2-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY lvm2-download-ftp  "ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/LVM2.&lvm2-version;.tgz">
-  <!ENTITY lvm2-md5sum        "3a1104e3d1dc4d5e92a40228161cd660">
+  <!ENTITY lvm2-md5sum        "ab5889dae7924b44ed2444161058a419">
   <!ENTITY lvm2-size          "1.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY lvm2-buildsize     "27 MB (additional 10 MB to run the test suite)">
-  <!ENTITY lvm2-time          "0.4 SBU (additional 35 SBU to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY lvm2-buildsize     "27 MB (additional 23 MB to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY lvm2-time          "0.4 SBU (additional 59 SBU to run the test suite)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="lvm2" xreflabel="LVM2-&lvm2-version;">