diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 307c794..75ee3de 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-XML_RPC-1.5.0.tgz
-install-pear-nozlib-1.4.11.phar
 XML_RPC-1.5.1.tgz
-pear-1.4.11
+pear-1.5.4
 *.src.rpm
 noarch
 clog
-install-pear-nozlib-1.5.0RC2.phar
-install-pear-nozlib-1.5.0.phar
+install-pear-nozlib-1.5.4.phar
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..362fda3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+Upgrading to new versions of PEAR
+=================================
+
+Currently no versioned archive of the installer ".phar" archives is
+available from upstream; only a single unversioned .phar at the
+http://pear.php.net/install-pear-nozlib.phar URL.
+
+This .phar link is not always updated when new versions of PEAR are
+released.  When upgrading:
+
+1) download http://pear.php.net/install-pear-nozlib.phar
+
+2) check that it matches the expected version (there will be
+references to "PEAR-1.5.4.tar" in the 1.5.4 installer)
+
+3) submit the new .phar to the setaside repo as normal, ensuring
+a versioned name is used:
+
+  $ curl http://pear.php.net/install-pear-nozlib.phar \
+        > install-pear-nozlib-1.5.4.phar
+  $ make upload FILES=install-pear-nozlib-1.5.4.phar
+
+Hopefully in the future a versioned archive of the installer .phars
+will be available which will simplify this process.
+
+$Id$
diff --git a/php-pear.spec b/php-pear.spec
index d1db637..2836ac6 100644
--- a/php-pear.spec
+++ b/php-pear.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 Summary: PHP Extension and Application Repository framework
 Name: php-pear
-Version: 1.5.0
-Release: 3
+Version: 1.5.4
+Release: 2
 Epoch: 1
 License: The PHP License v3.0
 Group: Development/Languages
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ rm pear.conf
 %doc LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 11 2007 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 1:1.5.4-2
+- update to 1.5.4
+
 * Tue Mar  6 2007 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 1:1.5.0-3
 - add redundant build section (#226295)
 - BR php-cli not php (#226295)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4c71a7a..287157d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 1b516162ad65971b5fd04a7c279627ec  XML_RPC-1.5.1.tgz
-d7ec831fe6439fae783b56bd8499ee17  install-pear-nozlib-1.5.0.phar
+93a4b2d66d2b950fbc4dcbc864c6a8b8  install-pear-nozlib-1.5.4.phar