diff --git a/general/prog/python-modules/python-dbusmock.xml b/general/prog/python-modules/python-dbusmock.xml
index c219d86079..118ef7ff2c 100644
--- a/general/prog/python-modules/python-dbusmock.xml
+++ b/general/prog/python-modules/python-dbusmock.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dbusmock-download-http "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/python-dbusmock/python-dbusmock-&dbusmock-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dbusmock-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY dbusmock-md5sum        "d3ab24018c7a7479d9af8e237be786b5">
-  <!ENTITY dbusmock-size          "92 KB">
-  <!ENTITY dbusmock-buildsize     "968 KB">
-  <!ENTITY dbusmock-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY dbusmock-md5sum        "7392541812abf9f756c1d3bb120f10d6">
+  <!ENTITY dbusmock-size          "96 KB">
+  <!ENTITY dbusmock-buildsize     "1.6 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY dbusmock-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
   <!-- Begin dbusmock -->
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
         <xref linkend="dbus-python"/>
       </para>
 
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional</bridgehead>
+      <para role="optional">
+        <xref linkend="pytest"/> (to run the test suite)
+      </para>
+
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3 role="installation">
@@ -89,6 +94,10 @@
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>&install-wheel; python-dbusmock</userinput></screen>
 
+      <para>
+        To test the results, issue: <command>pytest</command>
+      </para>
+
     </sect3>
 
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
diff --git a/gnome.ent b/gnome.ent
index c842ea2e73..4ef0724f7f 100644
--- a/gnome.ent
+++ b/gnome.ent
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 <!-- gedit moved to Editors, so it's now in packages.ent -->
 <!ENTITY gnome-calculator-version          "45.0.2">
 <!ENTITY gnome-color-manager-version       "3.36.0">
-<!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-version        "45.0">
+<!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-version        "45.1">
 <!ENTITY gnome-logs-version                "43.0">
 <!ENTITY gnome-maps-version                "45.1">
 <!ENTITY gnome-nettool-version             "42.0">
diff --git a/gnome/applications/gnome-disk-utility.xml b/gnome/applications/gnome-disk-utility.xml
index f298f1b6cd..4c6dab2631 100644
--- a/gnome/applications/gnome-disk-utility.xml
+++ b/gnome/applications/gnome-disk-utility.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-download-http
            "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-disk-utility/&gnome-45;/gnome-disk-utility-&gnome-disk-utility-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-md5sum        "25f8895c211343cb593f3c695293a9aa">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-md5sum        "66cf5564afbeeb85a66c37a398983b68">
   <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-size          "1.7 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-buildsize     "36 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-buildsize     "28 MB">
   <!ENTITY gnome-disk-utility-time          "0.2 SBU">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 9b66828d40..962f8da5f4 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@
    <listitem>
      <para>December 1st, 2023</para>
      <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to gnome-disk-utility-45.1. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18946">#18946</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to c-ares-1.23.0. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18945">#18945</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to python-dbusmock-0.30.0 (Python Module).
+         Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18944">#18944</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to mlt-7.22.0. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18936">#18936</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[rahul] - Update to mariadb-10.11.6 (Security Update).
          Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18937">#18937</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/mlt.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/mlt.xml
index ce550e62a5..7a318c656f 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/mlt.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/mlt.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mlt-download-http "https://github.com/mltframework/mlt/releases/download/v&mlt-version;/mlt-&mlt-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY mlt-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY mlt-md5sum        "8a5dac939d7251aa1f99eee3ce29b198">
+  <!ENTITY mlt-md5sum        "9f747ae1b7388937be6328b4c234431b">
   <!ENTITY mlt-size          "1.6 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mlt-buildsize     "28 MB">
+  <!ENTITY mlt-buildsize     "30 MB">
   <!ENTITY mlt-time          "0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml b/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml
index fbb6ac42ef..3d83f78c30 100644
--- a/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml
+++ b/networking/netlibs/c-ares.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY c-ares-download-http "https://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-&c-ares-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY c-ares-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY c-ares-md5sum        "63766915f9f54e012170aeeef08047f6">
+  <!ENTITY c-ares-md5sum        "dd2710111e4eb6f236a448271228a7f5">
   <!ENTITY c-ares-size          "1.6 MB">
   <!ENTITY c-ares-buildsize     "13 MB">
   <!ENTITY c-ares-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
diff --git a/networking/netprogs/samba.xml b/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
index 2b721ecf98..45415c1570 100644
--- a/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
+++ b/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       <ulink url="https://ctdb.samba.org/">ctdb</ulink> (included),
       <ulink url="https://cwrap.org/">cwrap</ulink>,
       <ulink url="&pypi;/dnspython/">dnspython</ulink>,
-      <ulink url="https://packages.debian.org/stretch/fam">FAM</ulink>,
+      <ulink url="https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/fam">FAM</ulink>,
       <ulink url="https://packages.debian.org/sid/gamin">Gamin</ulink>,
       <ulink url="https://www.gluster.org/">GlusterFS</ulink>,
       <ulink url="https://github.com/heimdal/">Heimdal</ulink> (included),
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index cf49e3b090..37cc326f8a 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
 <!ENTITY pycairo-version              "1.25.1">
 <!ENTITY pycairo2-version             "1.18.2">
 <!--<!ENTITY pycryptodome-version         "3.18.0">-->
-<!ENTITY dbusmock-version             "0.29.1">
+<!ENTITY dbusmock-version             "0.30.0">
 <!ENTITY pygments-version             "2.17.1">
 <!ENTITY pygments-md5sum              "ef638b416c6fdb65fd21329f2272277e">
 <!ENTITY pygobject2-version           "2.28.7">
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 <!ENTITY wireshark-version            "4.2.0">  <!-- even minor versions only -->
 
 <!-- Chapter 17 -->
-<!ENTITY c-ares-version               "1.22.1">
+<!ENTITY c-ares-version               "1.23.0">
 <!ENTITY curl-version                 "8.4.0">
 <!ENTITY geoclue2-version             "2.7.1">
 <!ENTITY glib-networking-minor        "2.78">
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libtheora-version            "1.1.1">
 <!ENTITY libvorbis-version            "1.3.7">
 <!ENTITY libvpx-version               "1.13.1">
-<!ENTITY mlt-version                  "7.20.0">
+<!ENTITY mlt-version                  "7.22.0">
 <!ENTITY opus-version                 "1.4">
 <!ENTITY pipewire-version             "1.0.0">
 <!ENTITY pulseaudio-major-version     "16.1">