diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
index e2bad52dc1cedeee3cb1709266e15c62ed8cc00c..db92f4445ebfa21ce10737962bfc0725d9a9c61e 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.45
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.48
diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt
index c73c82e7411c48218500750e6adf91e7483b52fe..c8efc4a54f0403cd661aeedd9e3096e43d0aa5fd 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Versions of the various externals to build before starting the build of
 # this project, when doing a full stack nightly build.
 
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.45
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.48
diff --git a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
index c90085796f93feb03c21d29d4d0ed39b5af1f5ee..c11226d916894d4d9ac8aef0fafdb38597ccbced 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.45
+AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.48
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
index e039ebe88d5f2d427934ff6151665b21c7c15e00..b7df47608a4071d51e87a67db8ed34b1a3e0a2e5 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.45
+AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.48
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v32r2.003
diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 2eccb972424b45091abed08d07050e52df24b0ac..b5392ef55d90d6c4099380215b59ff5755a3a651 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.45
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.48
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v32r2.003
diff --git a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
index ca2c4b2aaa5cb30f5a88d6370d2f1c4ef290dccf..5c493483982ccf9a6e8c13fc8434374c4b04226d 100644
--- a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.45
+VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.48