diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 98649c3625..1fe98dfcc7 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>October 18th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[timtas] - Update to dhcpcd-8.1.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12659">#12659</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update BIND instructions again to handle
           a blank file and a typo in /etc/named. Fixes
diff --git a/networking/connect/dhcpcd.xml b/networking/connect/dhcpcd.xml
index 7a6d427182..2f191a981f 100644
--- a/networking/connect/dhcpcd.xml
+++ b/networking/connect/dhcpcd.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dhcpcd-download-http "https://roy.marples.name/downloads/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY dhcpcd-download-ftp  "ftp://roy.marples.name/pub/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-&dhcpcd-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY dhcpcd-md5sum        "f9e421e3c6f23b83cf82e9ab299c52b3">
-  <!ENTITY dhcpcd-size          "220 KB">
+  <!ENTITY dhcpcd-md5sum        "dc4f29a62afc53cdac311e925cfd1bc7">
+  <!ENTITY dhcpcd-size          "222 KB">
   <!ENTITY dhcpcd-buildsize     "2.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY dhcpcd-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 69242473db..4af3dd532b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!-- Part IV -->
 <!-- Chapter 14 -->
 <!--<!ENTITY ppp-version                  "2.4.5">-->
-<!ENTITY dhcpcd-version               "8.1.0">
+<!ENTITY dhcpcd-version               "8.1.1">
 <!ENTITY dhcp-version                 "4.4.1">
 
 <!-- Chapter 15 -->