diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index aba50bbf64..a771146fce 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "04">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "05">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "04">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "April 4th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "April 5th &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 1764062f53..bcff6159d0 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        "3898b890f13dce5ac7a01c5446021729">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "cf1eca3bdcdcfb818c7ebb4644b4cc0d">
   <!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 10de81531c..20d5501f2d 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>April 5th, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to xorg-server-1.18.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7688">#7688</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to harfbuzz-1.2.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7685">#7685</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to thunderbird-38.7.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7690">#7690</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>April 4th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index afb131e2cb..184f41666e 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gegl-version                 "0.2.0">
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.1.4">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.8">
-<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.2.4">
+<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.2.5">
 <!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "1.900.1">
 <!ENTITY lcms-version                 "1.19">
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-renderutil-version  "0.3.9">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-wm-version          "0.4.1">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-cursor-version      "0.1.2">
-<!ENTITY xorg-server-version          "1.18.2">
+<!ENTITY xorg-server-version          "1.18.3">
 <!ENTITY twm-version                  "1.0.9">
 <!ENTITY xterm-version                "324">
 <!ENTITY xclock-version               "1.0.7">
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
 <!ENTITY pidgin-version               "2.10.12">
 <!ENTITY rox-filer-version            "2.11">
 <!ENTITY rxvt-unicode-version         "9.22">
-<!ENTITY thunderbird-version          "38.7.1">
+<!ENTITY thunderbird-version          "38.7.2">
 <!ENTITY tigervnc-version             "1.6.0">
 <!ENTITY transmission-version         "2.92">
 <!ENTITY xarchiver-version            "0.5.4">
diff --git a/x/installing/xorg-server.xml b/x/installing/xorg-server.xml
index 318a418580..92ac51148a 100644
--- a/x/installing/xorg-server.xml
+++ b/x/installing/xorg-server.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY xorg-server-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/xserver/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY xorg-server-md5sum        "052fc1b4b12a5df0a3e35a1b46a52db3">
+  <!ENTITY xorg-server-md5sum        "043d720bf2472a65bb8f0daa97f83dfa">
   <!ENTITY xorg-server-size          "5.6 MB">
   <!ENTITY xorg-server-buildsize     "544 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY xorg-server-time          "1.8 SBU (with tests)">
diff --git a/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml b/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml
index 253a1e5eef..c4c9232612 100644
--- a/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml
+++ b/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-http "&mozilla-http;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
 <!--  <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp "&mozilla-ftp;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">-->
   <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp " ">
-  <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum            "dffe79a17094dad0859935795daf1706">
+  <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum            "e16b86d40aa71fc5b331839f59225223">
   <!ENTITY thunderbird-size              "195 MB">
   <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize         "3.8 GB (73 MB installed)">
   <!ENTITY thunderbird-time              "9.3 SBU (with -j4, estimated 30 SBU with -j1)">