diff --git a/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js b/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js
index b4ff03090d..d4b3710ca0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 */
 
 if ( typeof tb_pathToImage != 'string' ) {
-	var tb_pathToImage = "../wp-includes/js/thickbox/loadingAnimation.gif";
+	var tb_pathToImage = thickboxL10n.loadingAnimation;
 }
 if ( typeof tb_closeImage != 'string' ) {
-	var tb_closeImage = "../wp-includes/js/thickbox/tb-close.png";
+	var tb_closeImage = thickboxL10n.closeImage;
 }
 
 /*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! edit below this line at your own risk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*/
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 5467f9c8fb..941ad5fe87 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 	$scripts->add( 'jquery-table-hotkeys', "/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.table-hotkeys$suffix.js", array('jquery', 'jquery-hotkeys'), '20090102' );
 	$scripts->add_data( 'jquery-table-hotkeys', 'group', 1 );
 
-	$scripts->add( 'thickbox', "/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js", array('jquery'), '3.1-20100407');
+	$scripts->add( 'thickbox', "/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js", array('jquery'), '3.1-20110405');
 	$scripts->add_data( 'thickbox', 'group', 1 );
 	$scripts->localize( 'thickbox', 'thickboxL10n', array(
 			'next' => __('Next >'),
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 			'of' => __('of'),
 			'close' => __('Close'),
 			'noiframes' => __('This feature requires inline frames. You have iframes disabled or your browser does not support them.'),
+			'loadingAnimation' => includes_url('js/thickbox/loadingAnimation.gif'),
+			'closeImage' => includes_url('js/thickbox/tb-close.png'),
 			'l10n_print_after' => 'try{convertEntities(thickboxL10n);}catch(e){};'
 	) );