Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 24b30070ce606c97094402c15d0e164c7f44e122)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 40df807b6314c13a7759914b293ef06695945174)
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@
       <para>July 29th, 2022</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Biber needs a corresponding version of biblatex,
+          add biblatex-3.18a.. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;16693">#16693</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to cmake-3.23.3. Fixes
Index: packages.ent
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--- packages.ent	(revision 24b30070ce606c97094402c15d0e164c7f44e122)
+++ packages.ent	(revision 40df807b6314c13a7759914b293ef06695945174)
@@ -1133,5 +1133,5 @@
 <!ENTITY asymptote-version            "2.81">
 <!ENTITY biber-version                "2.18">
-<!ENTITY biblatex-version             "3.17">
+<!ENTITY biblatex-version             "3.18b">
 <!ENTITY dvisvgm-version              "2.13.4">
 <!ENTITY xindy-version                "2.5.1">
Index: pst/typesetting/biber.xml
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--- pst/typesetting/biber.xml	(revision 24b30070ce606c97094402c15d0e164c7f44e122)
+++ pst/typesetting/biber.xml	(revision 40df807b6314c13a7759914b293ef06695945174)
@@ -20,15 +20,19 @@
     then install biblatex over the top of it and remeasure.
     For 3.16, texmf grows by 3MB -->
-  <!ENTITY biber-buildsize     "14 MB"> <!-- 14+1.6 rounds to 15M, add 2M for biblatex in texmf-->
+  <!ENTITY biber-buildsize     "14 MB"> <!-- only include biblatex size if texmf grows -->
   <!ENTITY biber-time          "0.4 SBU including tests">
 
+  <!-- FIXME - ok to comment biblatex when version for a new year matches
+   what is in texmf-dist. For new version, reinstate to avoid runtime error. -->
   <!-- Check path.  Directory might not be &biblatex-version; if a suffixed update -->
   <!-- for normal unsuffixed version: e.g. for 3.15a
-  <!ENTITY biblatex-download-http   "https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex/files/biblatex-3.15/biblatex-&biblatex-version;.tds.tgz"> -->
-<!--  <!ENTITY biblatex-download-http   "https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex/files/biblatex-&biblatex-version;/biblatex-&biblatex-version;.tds.tgz">
+  <!ENTITY biblatex-download-http   "https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex/files/biblatex-&biblatex-version;/biblatex-&biblatex-version;.tds.tgz"> -->
+  <!ENTITY biblatex-download-http   "https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex/files/biblatex-3.18/biblatex-&biblatex-version;.tds.tgz/download">
   <!ENTITY biblatex-download-ftp    "">
-  <!ENTITY biblatex-md5sum          "54ab3e8d67ca34cd2822d75602c34254">
-  <!ENTITY biblatex-size            "20 MB">
--->
+  <!ENTITY biblatex-md5sum          "cd4c996e5ad4431c9f89c6e6c37a38df">
+  <!ENTITY biblatex-size            "18 MB">
+  <!-- this usually overwrites files in texmf-dist¸use du -sm to measure
+      before nad after - 'buildsize' might easily be unchanged, or add to biber above -->
+ <!-- end the comment-out here when next commenting out biblatex -->
 ]>
 
@@ -56,6 +60,6 @@
     &lfs111_checked;
 
-    <!-- note for editors: you can test this by using the latest version
-         of the latex-test tarball from
+    <!-- note for editors: FIXME please test this by using the latest
+         version of the latex-test tarball from
          https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~ken/tex-testfiles/
          using ./configure (to create the Makefile) and then making the
@@ -71,5 +75,8 @@
          remote references work).
          In all cases the output PDF should include references at the
-         end, the Makefile does not check that for the remote tests. -->
+         end, the Makefile does not check that for the remote tests.
+         The biblatex-biber test only uses latex, trad markup, and
+         biber, biblatex.
+ -->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -150,5 +157,6 @@
          biber requires a newer biblatex.  -->
 
-<!--
+  <!-- FIXME - ok to comment biblatex when version for a new year matches
+   what is in texmf-dist. For new version, reinstate to avoid runtime error. -->
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Required Additional Download</bridgehead>
 
@@ -173,5 +181,5 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
--->
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Biber Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
