diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 79024d740f..7140024337 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "30">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "31">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "05">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "May 30th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "May 31st &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 21fc22bdc1..9cfde2a9b2 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>May 31st, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to curl-7.49.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7898">#7898</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>May 30th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/networking/netlibs/curl.xml b/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
index 1bf3dd739f..58f517acfc 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/curl.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY curl-download-http "https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.lzma">
   <!ENTITY curl-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY curl-md5sum        "f14b50657174e3c91d955f7a3e064e8c">
+  <!ENTITY curl-md5sum        "ae5e5e395da413d1fa0864e1d0a3fa57">
   <!ENTITY curl-size          "5.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY curl-buildsize     "57 MB (additional 9MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY curl-time          "0.4 SBU (additional 9.6 SBU for tests)">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 8fda6e36d5..f606c551bb 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 <!ENTITY wicd-major-version           "1.7">
 
 <!-- Chapter 17 -->
-<!ENTITY curl-version                 "7.49.0">
+<!ENTITY curl-version                 "7.49.1">
 <!ENTITY geoclue-version              "0.12.0">
 <!ENTITY glib-networking-version      "2.48.2">
 <!ENTITY ldns-version                 "1.6.17">