diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 27fc67e93a..8e3b65f70d 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "31">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
-<!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
-<!ENTITY year         "2014">
+<!ENTITY day          "01">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY month        "01">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY year         "2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 31st, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "January 1st, &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 a9f023890a..5c8a32e9bc 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>January 1st, 2015</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to xproto-7.0.27. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5995">#5995</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 31st, 2014</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/x/installing/x7proto.xml b/x/installing/x7proto.xml
index bd068e1b17..017c863e2e 100644
--- a/x/installing/x7proto.xml
+++ b/x/installing/x7proto.xml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
   <!ENTITY xineramaproto-version           "1.2.1">
   <!ENTITY xineramaproto-md5sum            "9959fe0bfb22a0e7260433b8d199590a">
 
-  <!ENTITY xproto-version                  "7.0.26">
-  <!ENTITY xproto-md5sum                   "4dc2464bfeade23dab5de38da0f6b1b5">
+  <!ENTITY xproto-version                  "7.0.27">
+  <!ENTITY xproto-md5sum                   "6c3345111a8044f730984988aacfa567">
 
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