diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 9d3376a1b4..2451ae0580 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>September 21st, 2023</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update the gstreamer stack to 1.22.6 (Security
+          Update). Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18618">#18618</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to cups-2.4.7 (Security Update). Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18623">#18623</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml
index 65bf037859..2318fb4c95 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-download-http "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-libav/gst-libav-&gst10-libav-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-libav-md5sum        "311e8ee493124a739ca937fbb3d1ae88">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-libav-size          "196 KB">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-libav-md5sum        "53d6aed2303524d739d0aed583892b95">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-libav-size          "200 KB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-buildsize     "14 MB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml
index e0cf3ab5cf..2c0e5423de 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad-&gst10-plugins-bad-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-md5sum        "d18cde538d5c954e94f888143e703a52">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-md5sum        "2ffe91745cee8f6348f90c07afe8fba2">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-size          "5.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-buildsize     "215 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-time          "0.8 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-buildsize     "213 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-time          "1.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst10-plugins-bad" xreflabel="gst-plugins-bad-&gst10-plugins-bad-version;">
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>. Several tests
-      need a terminal emulator in a graphical session. One test,
-      <emphasis>elements_vacompositor</emphasis>, is known to fail.
+      need a terminal emulator in a graphical session. Two tests,
+      <emphasis>elements_vacompositor</emphasis> and
+      <emphasis>elements_netsim</emphasis> are known to fail.
 
       <!-- Upstream issue gst-plugins-bad/#1426 -->
       If <xref linkend='gst10-plugins-good'/> is not installed, two tests
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml
index 50e4b54729..a6fd018e33 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base-&gst10-plugins-base-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-md5sum        "cc16aeaefdfd3917e009412a22d07fac">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-md5sum        "b8ac886fff5c89eff5d7873f259c2e37">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-size          "2.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-buildsize     "95 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-time          "0.6 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-buildsize     "96 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-time          "1.0 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst10-plugins-base" xreflabel="gst-plugins-base-&gst10-plugins-base-version;">
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml
index 5cade82cdb..d2a2df21db 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-&gst10-plugins-good-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-md5sum        "8c5a67f702ff5f30290be35ac27b3ac9">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-md5sum        "96908725329c734eabeefcf2c443fbf4">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-size          "2.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-buildsize     "108 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-time          "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-time          "0.8 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst10-plugins-good" xreflabel="gst-plugins-good-&gst10-plugins-good-version;">
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml
index f834f75895..f877783d7e 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-ugly/gst-plugins-ugly-&gst10-plugins-ugly-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-md5sum        "8649b3c009336f1ebfeb1b7e3931a3a0">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-size          "244 KB">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-md5sum        "29026cd5b47384ad9c2a6ca98cba272b">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-size          "248 KB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-buildsize     "8.9 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10-vaapi.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10-vaapi.xml
index 0d4ff5cf88..6304111c1c 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10-vaapi.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10-vaapi.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-download-http "&gstreamer-dl;/gstreamer-vaapi/gstreamer-vaapi-&gstreamer-vaapi-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-md5sum        "362ecdcfb23a7cf73e757c7692153279">
-  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-size          "536 KB">
+  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-md5sum        "db2abc52c4c6e2539d6398c44aa3c0ad">
+  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-size          "540 KB">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-buildsize     "13 MB">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-vaapi-time          "0.3 SBU">
 ]>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml
index 87046962ec..ef3910aef4 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-download-http "&gstreamer-dl;/gstreamer/gstreamer-&gstreamer10-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-md5sum        "b138307f1f84ed3a77a22a337e2af398">
+  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-md5sum        "62caa2c16550ea444f5d0eb09e0851f3">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-size          "1.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-buildsize     "48 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-time          "0.3 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-time          "0.4 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gstreamer10" xreflabel="gstreamer-&gstreamer10-version;">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c3680707cd..6529184eb4 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -1034,13 +1034,13 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY flac-version                 "1.4.3">
 <!ENTITY frei0r-version               "1.8.0">
 <!ENTITY gavl-version                 "1.4.0">
-<!ENTITY gstreamer10-version          "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-version   "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-version   "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-version    "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-version   "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-libav-version          "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gstreamer-vaapi-version      "1.22.5">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gstreamer10-version          "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-version   "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-version   "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-version    "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-version   "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-libav-version          "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gstreamer-vaapi-version      "1.22.6">  <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY id3lib-version               "3.8.3">
 <!ENTITY intel-media-version          "23.3.3">
 <!ENTITY liba52-version               "0.7.4">