diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 53f7287..3355b5e 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 <services>
-  <service name="tar_scm" mode="manual">
-    <param name="scm">git</param>
+  <service name="obs_scm" mode="manual">
     <param name="url">https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">stable-12.4.0</param>
-    <param name="filename">open-vm-tools</param>
-    <param name="versionformat">12.4.0</param>
+    <param name="scm">git</param>
+    <param name="revision">stable-12.5.0</param>
+    <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
+    <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">stable-(.*)</param>
   </service>
-  <service name="recompress" mode="manual">
+  <service name="set_version" mode="manual">
+  </service>
+  <!-- services below are running at buildtime -->
+  <service name="tar" mode="buildtime">
+  </service>
+  <service name="recompress" mode="buildtime">
     <param name="file">*.tar</param>
-    <param name="compression">xz</param>
+    <param name="compression">gz</param>
   </service>
-  <service name="set_version" mode="manual"/>
 </services>
diff --git a/open-vm-tools-12.4.0.tar.xz b/open-vm-tools-12.4.0.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 7746468..0000000
--- a/open-vm-tools-12.4.0.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:1dce3a66b60364d42a531ef2c1bdc020a6c117a8ff4d03491fd08ccaea056817
-size 1813960
diff --git a/open-vm-tools-12.5.0.obscpio b/open-vm-tools-12.5.0.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c16e4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools-12.5.0.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9e605b2d57292b35e2b22c8de7cdbc6959cd918cdc973012551a32c365402c6b
+size 14169613
diff --git a/open-vm-tools.changes b/open-vm-tools.changes
index 18efcdf..9e9ce15 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.changes
+++ b/open-vm-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 11 07:24:04 UTC 2024 - Johannes Kastl <opensuse_buildservice@ojkastl.de>
+
+- convert to obs_scm
+- update to 12.5.0 (boo#1231826):
+  There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.5.0 release.
+  This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few
+  critical problems, including:
+  * A Github pull request has been integrated. Please see the
+    Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.
+  * For a more complete list of issues resolved in this release,
+    see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.
+  For complete details, see:
+  https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.5.0
+  Release Notes are available at:
+  https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.0/ReleaseNotes.md
+  The granular changes that have gone into the 12.5.0 release are
+  in the ChangeLog at:
+  https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  1 15:07:51 UTC 2024 - Kirk Allan <kallan@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 12.4.5 (build 23787635) (boo#1227181)
+  - There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.4.5 release. This is
+    primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems,
+    including:
+
+    - A Github pull request and associated issue has been handled. Please
+      see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.
+
+    - A number of issues flagged by Coverity and ShellCheck have been
+      addressed.
+
+    - A vmtoolsd process hang related to nested logging from an RPC Channel
+      error has been fixed.
+
+  For a more complete list of issues resolved in this release, see the
+  Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.
+
+  For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.4.5
+
+  Release Notes are available at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/ReleaseNotes.md
+
+  The granular changes that have gone into the 12.4.5 release are in the ChangeLog at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 27 15:36:58 UTC 2024 - Kirk Allan <kallan@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/open-vm-tools.obsinfo b/open-vm-tools.obsinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1e563d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools.obsinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: open-vm-tools
+version: 12.5.0
+mtime: 1728572707
+commit: f2ca37ef3510543172657b82493d1eceefa9a134
diff --git a/open-vm-tools.spec b/open-vm-tools.spec
index ef58582..1a1cbb0 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.spec
+++ b/open-vm-tools.spec
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
 %define with_X 1
 
 Name:           open-vm-tools
-Version:        12.4.0
+Version:        12.5.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Open Virtual Machine Tools
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 URL:            https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
-Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        vmtoolsd
 Source2:        vmtoolsd.service
 Source3:        vmware-user-autostart.desktop