diff --git a/general/prog/python3.xml b/general/prog/python3.xml
index 75f341b8d3..af7227fd88 100644
--- a/general/prog/python3.xml
+++ b/general/prog/python3.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <!ENTITY python3-time          "1.9 SBU (additional 1.8 SBU for the tests)">
 
   <!ENTITY python3htmldoc-download-http
-           "https://docs.python.org/3.4/archives/python-&python3-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
+           "https://docs.python.org/3.5/archives/python-&python3-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="python3" xreflabel="Python-&python3-version;">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index cec595ac52..33ddfa2048 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>October 23rd, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to nfs-utils-1.3.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6977">#6977</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[igor] - Update to python-3.5.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6936">#6936</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/networking/netprogs/nfs-utils.xml b/networking/netprogs/nfs-utils.xml
index dbc71b824e..b53109381e 100644
--- a/networking/netprogs/nfs-utils.xml
+++ b/networking/netprogs/nfs-utils.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY nfs-utils-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/nfs/nfs-utils-&nfs-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY nfs-utils-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY nfs-utils-md5sum        "1e2f3c1ed468dee02d00c534c002ea10">
-  <!ENTITY nfs-utils-size          "772 KB">
+  <!ENTITY nfs-utils-md5sum        "9b87d890669eaaec8e97a2b0a35b2665">
+  <!ENTITY nfs-utils-size          "776 KB">
   <!ENTITY nfs-utils-buildsize     "16 MB">
-  <!ENTITY nfs-utils-time          "0.1 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY nfs-utils-time          "0.2 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="nfs-utils" xreflabel="nfs-utils-&nfs-utils-version;">
@@ -134,12 +134,6 @@ useradd -c "Unprivileged Nobody" -d /dev/null -g nogroup \
       <command>rpc.statd</command>.</para>
     </note>
 
-    <!-- already fixed upstream -->
-    <para>Fix an issue that would prevent <command>rpd.statd</command> from
-    starting:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i "/daemon_init/s:\!::" utils/statd/statd.c</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Install <application>NFS Utilities</application> by running
     the following commands:</para>
 
@@ -156,13 +150,17 @@ make</userinput></screen>
     an additional parameter <option>--sbindir=/sbin</option> to the
     above <command>./configure</command> command.</para>
 
-    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
+    <para>The tests for this package require the daemon from <xref
+    linkend="rpcbind"/> to be running and that the tests be run as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.  To test the results,
+    issue, as root: <command>make check</command>.</para>
 
     <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
 
 <!-- dev note: make statduser=$(whoami) DESTDIR=<DESTDIR> install -->
 
-<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role='root'><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
+chmod u+w,go+r /sbin/mount.nfs</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index e7e7bec032..3aa91845a2 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 <!ENTITY cifsutils-version            "6.4">
 <!ENTITY ncftp-version                "3.2.5">
 <!ENTITY net-tools-version            "CVS_20101030">
-<!ENTITY nfs-utils-version            "1.3.2">
+<!ENTITY nfs-utils-version            "1.3.3">
 <!ENTITY ntp-version                  "4.2.8p3">
 <!ENTITY rpcbind-version              "0.2.3">
 <!ENTITY rsync-version                "3.1.1">