diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index cab42be29f..50401f7444 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        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 4th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 5th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- version|testing|unstable|development] -->
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ export -f as_root</userinput></screen>
 <!-- Part VI -->
 <!-- Chapter 24 -->                               <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY xorg-version                 "7.7">      <!-- applies to all xorg packages -->
-<!ENTITY util-macros-version          "1.17.1">
+<!ENTITY util-macros-version          "1.18.0">
 <!ENTITY makedepend-version           "1.0.5">
 <!ENTITY libXau-version               "1.0.8">
 <!ENTITY libXdmcp-version             "1.1.1">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 23fdbd2a14..4539809f47 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 5th, 2013</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to util-macros-1.18.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4411">#4411</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 4th, 2013</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/x/installing/util-macros.xml b/x/installing/util-macros.xml
index bf083bc2d9..e4358142ba 100644
--- a/x/installing/util-macros.xml
+++ b/x/installing/util-macros.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY util-macros-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/util/util-macros-&util-macros-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY util-macros-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/util/util-macros-&util-macros-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY util-macros-md5sum        "661d762243f494d390613b85ee321a50">
-  <!ENTITY util-macros-size          "78 KB">
+  <!ENTITY util-macros-md5sum        "6c4d580dc31e6b2c7be738622b9cc546">
+  <!ENTITY util-macros-size          "77 KB">
   <!ENTITY util-macros-buildsize     "596 KB">
-  <!ENTITY util-macros-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY util-macros-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="util-macros" xreflabel="util-macros-&util-macros-version;">