diff --git a/_service b/_service
index ec86a2bb..9d5c6c10 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <services>
   <service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="version">2012.04.24</param>
+    <param name="version">2012.05.14</param>
     <param name="url">git://github.com/openSUSE/obs-build.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
diff --git a/build-initvm.spec b/build-initvm.spec
index ba6df351..6545b1f5 100644
--- a/build-initvm.spec
+++ b/build-initvm.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name:           build-initvm
 Summary:        A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
-Version:        2012.04.24
+Version:        2012.05.14
 Release:        0
 Source:         obs-build-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
diff --git a/build-mkbaselibs-sle.spec b/build-mkbaselibs-sle.spec
index afb4d898..19a6d365 100644
--- a/build-mkbaselibs-sle.spec
+++ b/build-mkbaselibs-sle.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name:           build-mkbaselibs-sle
 Summary:        Tools to generate base lib packages
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
-Version:        2012.04.24
+Version:        2012.05.14
 Release:        0
 #!BuildIgnore:  build-mkbaselibs
 Provides:       build-mkbaselibs
diff --git a/build.changes b/build.changes
index 3c28f809..70028236 100644
--- a/build.changes
+++ b/build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 14 14:54:27 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- work around command line size limit
+  mkbaselibs may fail on an excessive number of packages (bnc#761977)
+- improve build root owner setting
+- don't die at compile time if Archive::Tar is not available
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 24 13:59:49 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/build.dsc b/build.dsc
index 594fdc8a..6c5e5797 100644
--- a/build.dsc
+++ b/build.dsc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Format: 1.0
 Source: build
-Version: 2012.04.24
+Version: 2012.05.14
 Binary: build
 Maintainer: Adrian Schroeter <adrian@suse.de>
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/build.spec b/build.spec
index 37427ced..539fd1a3 100644
--- a/build.spec
+++ b/build.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name:           build
 Summary:        A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
 License:        GPL-2.0+ and GPL-2.0
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
-Version:        2012.04.24
+Version:        2012.05.14
 Release:        0
 #!BuildIgnore:  build-mkbaselibs
 Source:         obs-build-%{version}.tar.gz
diff --git a/obs-build-2012.04.24.tar.gz b/obs-build-2012.04.24.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 171a4d2d..00000000
--- a/obs-build-2012.04.24.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:3f678e4cbb3fc635c14fbd803e3dbe46569ac6cf7eb4794accb194ce53ed5880
-size 134475
diff --git a/obs-build-2012.05.14.tar.gz b/obs-build-2012.05.14.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f40ea3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obs-build-2012.05.14.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:036348fc0c57f230ddc6b2bb0886ff1d7b8d666ff1bf71bc8c1506f1a8cc36df
+size 140271