diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 715e7ac85d..a041fb20de 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>January 5th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-13.0.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8724">#8724</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libevdev-1.5.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8718">#8718</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to baobab-3.22.1. Partially fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8425">#8425</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index dc1e7ae533..b5a0cc5af4 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 <!ENTITY xbitmaps-version             "1.1.1">
 <!ENTITY xcursor-themes-version       "1.0.4">
 <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-version     "2.19">
-<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "13.0.2">
+<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "13.0.3">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-version             "0.4.0">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-image-version       "0.4.0">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-keysyms-version     "0.4.0">
diff --git a/x/installing/libevdev.xml b/x/installing/libevdev.xml
index 3bd47b3df3..eb1f611e56 100644
--- a/x/installing/libevdev.xml
+++ b/x/installing/libevdev.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-version "1.5.5">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-version "1.5.6">
 
   <!ENTITY libevdev-download-http "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-&libevdev-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libevdev-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-md5sum        "ba3c6216e413cee1d36da7366393543c">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-md5sum        "d4ce9f061f8f954bea7adba0cb768a53">
   <!ENTITY libevdev-size          "400 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-buildsize     "9.1 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY libevdev-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-buildsize     "7.8 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libevdev-time          "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
   <!-- Begin Xorg libevdev Driver -->
diff --git a/x/installing/mesa.xml b/x/installing/mesa.xml
index 6e54f623b7..8cb42923c3 100644
--- a/x/installing/mesa.xml
+++ b/x/installing/mesa.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-http "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/&mesa-version;/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/&mesa-version;/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "9442c2dee914cde3d1f090371ab04113">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "24e3fa52c95139dfa9ff5085d0c2ead6">
   <!ENTITY mesa-size          "8.7 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "313 MB (with demos and docs, add 46 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "8.4 SBU (with demos and docs, add 0.6 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "240 MB (with demos and docs, add 48 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "7.5 SBU (with demos and docs, add 0.6 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="mesa" xreflabel="Mesa-&mesa-version;">