diff --git a/BLFS/xsl/bump.xsl b/BLFS/xsl/bump.xsl
index c4bd8ed..a918bfa 100644
--- a/BLFS/xsl/bump.xsl
+++ b/BLFS/xsl/bump.xsl
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 
   <xsl:param name="packages" select="'packages.xml'"/>
   <xsl:param name="package" select="''"/>
+  <xsl:param name="version" select="'N'"/>
+
+  <xsl:variable name="vers">
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="$version='N'">
+        <xsl:value-of select=
+            "document($packages)//package[string(name)=$package]/version"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$version"/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:variable>
 
   <xsl:output
     method="xml"
@@ -20,9 +33,7 @@
       <xsl:if test="not(.//package[string(name)=$package])">
         <package>
           <name><xsl:value-of select="$package"/></name>
-          <version><xsl:value-of select=
-            "document($packages)//package[string(name)=$package]/version"/>
-          </version>
+          <version><xsl:value-of select="$vers"/></version>
         </package>
       </xsl:if>
     </sublist>
@@ -33,9 +44,7 @@
       <xsl:when test="string(name)=$package">
         <package>
           <name><xsl:value-of select="name"/></name>
-          <version><xsl:value-of select=
-            "document($packages)//package[string(name)=$package]/version"/>
-          </version>
+          <version><xsl:value-of select="$vers"/></version>
         </package>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>