diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c611a076be..51f0074be3 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "10">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "11">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "08">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2014">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "August 10th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "August 11th, &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/general/sysutils/unrar.xml b/general/sysutils/unrar.xml
index b9a2001f44..078ae4e837 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/unrar.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/unrar.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY unrar-download-http "http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-&unrar-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY unrar-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY unrar-md5sum        "be9607c59d62c3b101a70cd62c681515">
-  <!ENTITY unrar-size          "212 KB">
-  <!ENTITY unrar-buildsize     "2.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY unrar-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY unrar-md5sum        "af571529a358c972872b91792ffc0a80">
+  <!ENTITY unrar-size          "211 KB">
+  <!ENTITY unrar-buildsize     "2.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY unrar-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="unrar" xreflabel="UnRar-&unrar-version;">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 7861d380b6..f6e2d7f7ca 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>August 11th, 2014</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to unrar-5.1.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5342">#5342</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>August 10th, 2014</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 5374ed02bd..0b369f8364 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 <!ENTITY sysstat-version              "11.0.0">
 <!ENTITY udisks-version               "1.0.5">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY udisks2-version              "2.1.3">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
-<!ENTITY unrar-version                "5.1.6">
+<!ENTITY unrar-version                "5.1.7">
 <!ENTITY unzip-version                "6.0">
 <!ENTITY upower-version               "0.9.23">
 <!ENTITY usbutils-version             "007">