diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5a4b81335..13838adc7 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,15 +39,24 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+
 <listitem>
-      <para>2018-08-12</para>
+      <para>2018-08-14</para>
       <itemizedlist>
-       <listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Релиз LFS-8.3-rc1.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Обновлено до linux-4.18. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4330">#4332</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+<listitem>
 
+      <para>2018-08-12</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
       <listitem revision="systemd">
           <para>[bdubbs] - Обновлено до dbus-1.12.10. Исправления
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4328">#4328</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 2b08fed87..0a5e36a57 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "20180813">
-<!ENTITY short-version   "8.2">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;
+<!ENTITY version         "8.3-rc1">
+<!ENTITY short-version   "8.3-rc1">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
-<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
+<!ENTITY generic-version "8.3-rc1"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20180813-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "8.3-rc1-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd">
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 8084d6693..2f2f9c2a3 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -375,11 +375,10 @@
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-sbu "менее чем 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20170626">      <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "BOOTSCRIPTS-SIZE KB">        
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "32 KB">        
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-url "&downloads-root;lfs-bootscripts-&lfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "BOOTSCRIPTS-MD5SUM">  
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "ea9719ff71f891782ec48729f9dd498c">  
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-home " ">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-du "BOOTSCRIPTS-INSTALL-KB KB"> 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-sbu "менее чем 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY libcap-version "2.25">