diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07fa2ed..e32cb12 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /gc-7.2alpha4.tar.gz
 /gc-7.2alpha6.tar.gz
-/gc-7.2.tar.gz
+/gc-7.2b.tar.gz
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index caf0b04..61dea97 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 Summary: A garbage collector for C and C++ 
 Name:    gc	
-Version: 7.2
+%global base_ver 7.2
+Version: 7.2b
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ that involves minimum overhead across a variety of architectures.
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n gc-%{version}%{?pre}
+%setup -q -n gc-%{base_ver}%{?pre}
 
 # refresh auto*/libtool to purge rpaths
 rm -f libtool libtool.m4
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 30 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 7.2b-1
+- gc-7.2b
+
 * Mon May 14 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org>
 - 7.2-1
 - gc-7.2 (final) 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6afc314..07d7c9a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d17aecedef3d73e75387fb63558fa4eb  gc-7.2.tar.gz
+7124aad6171bcdf0ccf84b0aa4dd2fff  gc-7.2b.tar.gz