diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 46755b53bd..1933d999b0 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "10">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "11">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "09">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "September 10th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "September 11th &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/general/genlib/dbus-glib.xml b/general/genlib/dbus-glib.xml
index 76eb8b0d39..4e2fda93db 100644
--- a/general/genlib/dbus-glib.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/dbus-glib.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dbus-glib-download-http "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-&dbus-glib-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dbus-glib-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-glib-md5sum        "2eea0b7f52b49f600a07abfd8535d4e4">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-glib-size          "776 KB">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-glib-buildsize     "12 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-glib-md5sum        "a66a613705870752ca9786e0359aea97">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-glib-size          "796 KB">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-glib-buildsize     "9.5 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY dbus-glib-time          "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index c39090f104..150f1f86ef 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>September 11th, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mariadb-10.1.17. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8244">#8244</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to wireshark-2.2.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8277">#8277</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-glib-0.108. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8286">#8286</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>September 10th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/networking/netutils/wireshark.xml b/networking/netutils/wireshark.xml
index 41970025a7..f3238572e6 100644
--- a/networking/netutils/wireshark.xml
+++ b/networking/netutils/wireshark.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY wireshark-download-http "https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-&wireshark-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY wireshark-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/wireshark/src/wireshark-&wireshark-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY wireshark-md5sum        "627b5fc6cf0aeca196c75debd5e69b14">
-  <!ENTITY wireshark-size          "30 MB">
-  <!ENTITY wireshark-buildsize     "1.9 GB, with default GUI front-ends">
-  <!ENTITY wireshark-time          "10.8 SBU, with default GUI front-ends">
+  <!ENTITY wireshark-md5sum        "c7de0997f74934f25b456846cf75cb81">
+  <!ENTITY wireshark-size          "31 MB">
+  <!ENTITY wireshark-buildsize     "1.6 GB, with default GUI front-ends">
+  <!ENTITY wireshark-time          "11.4 SBU, with default GUI front-ends">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="wireshark" xreflabel="Wireshark-&wireshark-version;">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index e32475010a..7fd63d1286 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 <!ENTITY boost-dl-version             "&boost-major;_&boost-minor;_&boost-patch;">
 
 <!ENTITY clucene-version              "2.3.3.4">
-<!ENTITY dbus-glib-version            "0.106">
+<!ENTITY dbus-glib-version            "0.108">
 <!ENTITY enchant-version              "1.6.0">
 <!ENTITY exempi-version               "2.3.0">
 <!ENTITY expat-version                "2.1.0">
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 <!ENTITY traceroute-version           "2.1.0">
 <!ENTITY whois-version                "5.2.12">
 <!ENTITY wicd-version                 "1.7.4">
-<!ENTITY wireshark-version            "2.0.5">  <!-- even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY wireshark-version            "2.2.0">  <!-- even minors only -->
 
 <!ENTITY wicd-major-version           "1.7">
 
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 <!-- Chapter 22 -->
 <!ENTITY db-version                   "6.2.23">
 <!ENTITY lmdb-version                 "0.9.18">
-<!ENTITY mariadb-version              "10.1.16">
+<!ENTITY mariadb-version              "10.1.17">
 <!ENTITY postgresql-version           "9.5.4">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-version               "3.14.1">
 
diff --git a/server/databases/mariadb.xml b/server/databases/mariadb.xml
index d152d2217c..291fdad258 100644
--- a/server/databases/mariadb.xml
+++ b/server/databases/mariadb.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mariadb-download-http "https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-&mariadb-version;/source/mariadb-&mariadb-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY mariadb-download-ftp  "ftp://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/mariadb/mariadb-&mariadb-version;/source/mariadb-&mariadb-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-md5sum        "2a26b8d6560693cfc51031e76522cb78">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-size          "53 MB">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-md5sum        "036aca95257cb2948dd100605ec6d5a1">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-size          "58 MB">
   <!ENTITY mariadb-buildsize     "1.2 GB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-time          "6.4 SBU, (with parallelism=4 and tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-time          "6.2 SBU, (with parallelism=4 and tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="mariadb" xreflabel="MariaDB-&mariadb-version;">