diff --git a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
index d1ce5caa6a..d283da9407 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-http "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "020824a38850501e7d6ba8307a7c5ac3">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "83e607e9ccb1c921d5b6bbea2376a36c">
   <!ENTITY dbus-size          "1.8 MB">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-buildsize     "28 MB (additional 81 MB for the documentations and 8 MB for the tests)">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-time          "0.4 SBU (additional 0.6 SBU for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-buildsize     "38 MB (additional 16 MB for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-time          "0.3 SBU (additional 0.5 SBU for the tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="dbus" xreflabel="D-Bus-&dbus-version;">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 0aaf967b03..d1b36d14ee 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>May 15th, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to dbus-1.8.18. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6502">#6502</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[fernando] - Update to dovecot-2.2.18. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6505">#6505</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c9c8daedb5..bbcfda13d9 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 <!ENTITY bluez-version                "5.30">
 <!ENTITY colord-version               "1.2.10">    <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY cpio-version                 "2.11">
-<!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.8.16">   <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.8.18">   <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY eudev-version                "1.7">
 <!ENTITY fcron-version                "3.2.0">
 <!ENTITY gpm-version                  "1.20.7">