diff --git a/required/firstaid/changes.txt b/required/firstaid/changes.txt
index 11054a91d..244b3b1b6 100644
--- a/required/firstaid/changes.txt
+++ b/required/firstaid/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2025-02-06  Frank Mittelbach  <Frank.Mittelbach@latex-project.org>
+
+	* latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.dtx (section{The Implementation}):
+	Add \typeout to indicate that a first aid was applied.
+
+	Redo the firstaid for index.sty, because the new version still fails with
+	LaTeX 2025/06/01 - \markboth and \markright should not be redefined (gh/1653)
+
 2025-01-18  Frank Mittelbach  <Frank.Mittelbach@latex-project.org>
 
 	* latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.dtx:
diff --git a/required/firstaid/latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.dtx b/required/firstaid/latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.dtx
index 38f645ee7..a663b474d 100644
--- a/required/firstaid/latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.dtx
+++ b/required/firstaid/latex2e-first-aid-for-external-files.dtx
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\def\LaTeXFirstAidDate{2025/01/25}
-\def\LaTeXFirstAidVersion{v1.1k}
+\def\LaTeXFirstAidDate{2025/02/06}
+\def\LaTeXFirstAidVersion{v1.1l}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \ExplSyntaxOn
 \cs_new:Npn\FirstAidNeededT#1#2#3{
-  \exp_args:Ncx\str_if_eq:onF{ver@#1.#2}{#3}
+  \exp_args:Ncx\str_if_eq:onTF{ver@#1.#2}{#3}
+      { \typeout{==>~ First~ Aid~ for~ #1.#2~ applied! } }
       { \typeout{==>~ First~ Aid~ for~ #1.#2~ no~ longer~ applied!^^J
           \@spaces Expected:^^J
           \@spaces\@spaces #3^^J
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \ExplSyntaxOn
 \AddToHook{package/index/after}[firstaid]{%
-  \FirstAidNeededT{index}{sty}{2004/01/20~v4.2beta~Improved~index~support~(dmj)}
+  \FirstAidNeededT{index}{sty}{2025/02/03~ v4.03~ Improved~ index~ support~ (dmj)}
   {%
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    The package changes \cs{markboth} and \cs{markright} but this is