diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index ec0476d8b0..d2ef72576a 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 <!ENTITY NASM-version                 "0.98.39">
 <!ENTITY pdl-version                  "2.4.2">
 <!ENTITY php-version                  "5.1.4">
-<!ENTITY Python-version               "2.4.3">
+<!ENTITY Python-version               "2.4.4">
 <!ENTITY pyxml-version                "0.8.4">
 <!ENTITY ruby-version                 "1.8.5">
 <!ENTITY tcl-version                  "8.4.13">
diff --git a/general/prog/python.xml b/general/prog/python.xml
index b905f71e62..906d54f208 100644
--- a/general/prog/python.xml
+++ b/general/prog/python.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY python-download-http "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/&Python-version;/Python-&Python-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY python-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/&Python-version;/Python-&Python-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY python-md5sum        "141c683447d5e76be1d2bd4829574f02">
-  <!ENTITY python-size          "7.6 MB">
-  <!ENTITY python-buildsize     "116 MB">
-  <!ENTITY python-time          "0.9 SBU (additional 2.2 SBU to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY python-md5sum        "0ba90c79175c017101100ebf5978e906">
+  <!ENTITY python-size          "7.8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY python-buildsize     "110 MB">
+  <!ENTITY python-time          "1.0 SBU (additional 2.6 SBU to run the test suite)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="python" xreflabel="Python-&Python-version;">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index f69066c169..1231035ef5 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>January 14th, 2007</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to Python-2.4.4.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to dhcp-3.0.5.</para>
         </listitem>