diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 1618ea825f..80270dccad 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY intltool-version             "0.41.1">
 <!ENTITY screen-version               "4.0.3">
 <!ENTITY tidy-version                 "cvs_20101110">
-<!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-version   "0.15">
+<!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-version   "0.17">
 <!ENTITY xscreensaver-version         "5.11">
 <!ENTITY pilot-link-version           "0.12.2">
 <!ENTITY unixodbc-version             "2.3.0">
diff --git a/general/genutils/desktop-file-utils.xml b/general/genutils/desktop-file-utils.xml
index be5817b1a1..37e89de490 100644
--- a/general/genutils/desktop-file-utils.xml
+++ b/general/genutils/desktop-file-utils.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-md5sum        "2fe8ebe222fc33cd4a959415495b7eed">
-  <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-size          "341 KB">
+  <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-md5sum        "758fa842643d2e592d2fccba6e69a991">
+  <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-size          "280 KB">
   <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-buildsize     "3 MB">
   <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 93f3cc73cf..33984dd6f1 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>November 18th, 2010</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated to desktop-file-utils-0.17.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Added a patch to the Guile instructions to fix
           breakage using newer compilers, also fixed the documentation