diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index f77c60396b..c9d3f69d54 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "20">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "21">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "03">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 20th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 21st &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/harfbuzz.xml b/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
index db3e814871..1764062f53 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-http
            "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-&harfbuzz-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "da8d97e262e6ef8288e1ae76369421bd">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "3898b890f13dce5ac7a01c5446021729">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "1.3 MB">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "32 MB (plus 20 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.3 SBU (plus 0.2 SBU for tests)">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index cba132fdc6..1d0158110c 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>March 21st, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to harfbuzz-1.2.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7612">#7612</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>March 20th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 687dc60072..6003526f7f 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gegl-version                 "0.2.0">
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.1.3">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.7">
-<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.2.3">
+<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.2.4">
 <!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "1.900.1">
 <!ENTITY lcms-version                 "1.19">