diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d6af30..b620ce0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ slapi-nis-0.17.tar.gz
 /slapi-nis-0.48.tar.gz.sig
 /slapi-nis-0.49.tar.gz
 /slapi-nis-0.49.tar.gz.sig
+/slapi-nis-0.50.tar.gz
+/slapi-nis-0.50.tar.gz.sig
diff --git a/slapi-nis.spec b/slapi-nis.spec
index 66f7303..bf42fdc 100644
--- a/slapi-nis.spec
+++ b/slapi-nis.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:		slapi-nis
-Version:	0.49
+Version:	0.50
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	NIS Server and Schema Compatibility plugins for Directory Server
 Group:		System Environment/Daemons
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sbindir}/nisserver-plugin-defs
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct  1 2013 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 0.50-1
+- if we get an EPIPE while registering with rpcbind, try to reconnect and
+  retransmit before giving up
+
 * Thu Sep 19 2013 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 0.49-1
 - add {nis,schema-compat}-ignore-subtree and -restrict-subtree settings,
   which should let us avoid deadlocks when tasks are modifying data in
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4a224fa..7d6f037 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-325fd5af0157e84fad38d844c875b11b  slapi-nis-0.49.tar.gz
-216bd18cbe5311ca165e7558d76e2d57  slapi-nis-0.49.tar.gz.sig
+ecc048b71e5a03242a119b017b61a3da  slapi-nis-0.50.tar.gz
+4b61ba918b32e08a7d79533124373cc1  slapi-nis-0.50.tar.gz.sig