diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 4640e9e44e..b2c6fc79a9 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "09">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2014">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 7th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 9th, &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 7bf55c6058..71b3cb9ebc 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 9th, 2014</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to libsoup-2.48.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5928">#5928</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to glib-networking-2.42.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5927">#5927</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 7th, 2014</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/networking/netlibs/glib-networking.xml b/networking/netlibs/glib-networking.xml
index d2582f699d..7bfed25afd 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/glib-networking.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/glib-networking.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
       "&gnome-download-http;/glib-networking/2.42/glib-networking-&glib-networking-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY glib-networking-download-ftp
       "&gnome-download-ftp;/glib-networking/2.42/glib-networking-&glib-networking-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY glib-networking-md5sum        "d1935e6974da7f39d265303c87a8389b">
-  <!ENTITY glib-networking-size          "364 KB">
-  <!ENTITY glib-networking-buildsize     "9.6 MB (additional 2.1 MB for the tests)">
-  <!ENTITY glib-networking-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (0.1 SBU for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY glib-networking-md5sum        "2959c3f9b5f2ed838ce373130d8d4500">
+  <!ENTITY glib-networking-size          "368 KB">
+  <!ENTITY glib-networking-buildsize     "6.1 MB (additional 2.7 MB for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY glib-networking-time          "0.1 SBU (0.1 SBU for the tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="glib-networking" xreflabel="glib-networking-&glib-networking-version;">
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. Some tests
+      fail for unknown reasons.
     </para>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/networking/netlibs/libsoup.xml b/networking/netlibs/libsoup.xml
index 5a03b5da5b..9a57c60d75 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/libsoup.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/libsoup.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
            "&gnome-download-http;/libsoup/2.48/libsoup-&libsoup-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libsoup-download-ftp
            "&gnome-download-ftp;/libsoup/2.48/libsoup-&libsoup-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY libsoup-md5sum        "51ccb76f5262945e1f0316fdc46de567">
+  <!ENTITY libsoup-md5sum        "0a8d96e317c29a1fd711687931f8c10c">
   <!ENTITY libsoup-size          "1.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY libsoup-buildsize     "23 MB (additional 10 MB to run the test suite)">
   <!ENTITY libsoup-time          "0.3 SBU (additional 0.3 SBU to run the test suite)">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 0597953854..286196b4e5 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -368,14 +368,14 @@
 <!-- Chapter 17 -->
 <!ENTITY curl-version                 "7.39.0">
 <!ENTITY geoclue-version              "0.12.0">
-<!ENTITY glib-networking-version      "2.42.0">
+<!ENTITY glib-networking-version      "2.42.1">
 <!ENTITY ldns-version                 "1.6.17">
 <!ENTITY libevent-version             "2.0.21">
 <!ENTITY libnl-version                "3.2.25">
 <!ENTITY libpcap-version              "1.6.2">
 <!ENTITY libndp-version               "1.4">
 <!ENTITY libproxy-version             "0.4.7">
-<!ENTITY libsoup-version              "2.48.0">
+<!ENTITY libsoup-version              "2.48.1">
 <!ENTITY libtirpc-version             "0.2.5">
 <!ENTITY neon-version                 "0.30.1">
 <!ENTITY serf-version                 "1.3.8">