diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 6b4f6d8dbf..eeaa1366ad 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "26">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "27">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "05">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "May 26th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "May 27th &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/graphlib/libpng.xml b/general/graphlib/libpng.xml
index 82bc0592fe..cf34d667c5 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/libpng.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/libpng.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libpng-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/libpng/libpng-&libpng-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libpng-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libpng-md5sum        "3bacb4728f6694a64ad9052769d6a4ce">
-  <!ENTITY libpng-size          "924 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libpng-md5sum        "f4ca54a3d945b8678fafed168c503f3b">
+  <!ENTITY libpng-size          "937 KB">
   <!ENTITY libpng-buildsize     "16 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY libpng-time          "0.6 SBU (with tests)">
 
diff --git a/general/prog/php.xml b/general/prog/php.xml
index eb6ec18b11..a09b99cb78 100644
--- a/general/prog/php.xml
+++ b/general/prog/php.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY php-download-http "http://www.php.net/distributions/php-&php-version;.tar.xz">
   <!--<!ENTITY php-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Unix/Web/PHP/distributions/php-&php-version;.tar.xz">-->
   <!ENTITY php-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY php-md5sum        "5f0c5d999a6b5c700b31fd9618d5651d">
+  <!ENTITY php-md5sum        "75f8d1693a470cefe2a50abd283eb291">
   <!ENTITY php-size          "11 MB">
   <!ENTITY php-buildsize     "427 MB (with tests). Documentation adds 101 MB">
   <!ENTITY php-time          "7.7 SBU (with tests)">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 442e394936..503bd929ff 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>May 27th, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to php-7.0.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7886">#7886</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to libpng-1.6.22. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7885">#7885</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>May 26th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 5bce0a8440..541e0e091f 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libjpeg-version              "8d">
 <!ENTITY libjpeg-turbo-version        "1.4.2">
 <!ENTITY libmng-version               "2.0.3">
-<!ENTITY libpng-version               "1.6.21">
+<!ENTITY libpng-version               "1.6.22">
 <!ENTITY librsvg-version              "2.40.15">   <!-- Normally even minors -->
 <!ENTITY libraw-version               "0.17.2">
 <!ENTITY libtiff-version              "4.0.6">
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 <!ENTITY mercurial-version            "3.8.2">
 <!ENTITY nasm-version                 "2.12.01">
 <!ENTITY npapi-sdk-version            "0.27.2">
-<!ENTITY php-version                  "7.0.6">
+<!ENTITY php-version                  "7.0.7">
 <!ENTITY python2-version              "2.7.11">
 <!ENTITY python3-version              "3.5.1">
 <!ENTITY ruby-minor-version           "2.3">