diff --git a/general/genlib/libksba.xml b/general/genlib/libksba.xml
index ebd4104d65..6ce2c7b427 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libksba.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libksba.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY libksba-download-http "&gnupg-http;/libksba/libksba-&libksba-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY libksba-download-ftp  "&gnupg-ftp;/libksba/libksba-&libksba-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY libksba-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libksba-md5sum        "a43bc51bd1bf13295623398d0f2d88b4">
+  <!ENTITY libksba-md5sum        "96e207b7adc637a3dbc29bac90312200">
   <!ENTITY libksba-size          "644 KB">
   <!ENTITY libksba-buildsize     "11 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY libksba-time          "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
diff --git a/general/prog/ruby.xml b/general/prog/ruby.xml
index d1ee63b81f..39dee1a247 100644
--- a/general/prog/ruby.xml
+++ b/general/prog/ruby.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY ruby-download-http "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/&ruby-minor-version;/ruby-&ruby-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY ruby-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-md5sum        "fefb57db58b5c3f11534710bab2bba47">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-md5sum        "26da18ccf13e5f40f9b618c30143c4a1">
   <!ENTITY ruby-size          "14 MB">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-buildsize     "629 MB (add 533 MB for C API docs)">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-time          "1.3 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 5.5 SBU for tests; add 0.8 SBU for C API docs)">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-buildsize     "627 MB (add 1.0 GB for C API docs)">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-time          "1.2 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 4.6 SBU for tests; add 1.1 SBU for C API docs)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="ruby" xreflabel="Ruby-&ruby-version;">
diff --git a/general/prog/vala.xml b/general/prog/vala.xml
index 5bc3283f03..30f6f6d698 100644
--- a/general/prog/vala.xml
+++ b/general/prog/vala.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY vala-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY vala-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY vala-md5sum        "5f4485364d34c13dee76b541bc10e960">
+  <!ENTITY vala-md5sum        "4df3f3e7898bcbe3d82bbeaa07a74b4c">
   <!ENTITY vala-size          "3.4 MB">
   <!ENTITY vala-buildsize     "219 MB (add 18 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY vala-time          "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 2.5 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY vala-time          "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 2.6 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="vala" xreflabel="Vala-&vala-version;">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index bcae3eab31..84235d7b75 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,26 @@
    <listitem>
      <para>May 3rd, 2021</para>
      <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to vala-0.52.3. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14879">#14879</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to libksba-1.5.1. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14874">#14874</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to pipewire-0.3.26. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14878">#14878</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to graphene-1.10.6. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14873">#14873</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[renodr] - Update to ruby-3.0.1 (Security Update). Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14871">#14871</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>[thomas] - Upgrade to xorgproto-2021.4. Fixes
          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14960">#14960</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml
index aba5de2f2c..3dc5b9d699 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY pipewire-download-http "https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire/archive/&pipewire-version;/pipewire-&pipewire-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY pipewire-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY pipewire-md5sum        "887be3193a91f18c7ea63e3f5c61976b">
-  <!ENTITY pipewire-size          "1.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY pipewire-buildsize     "135 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY pipewire-md5sum        "6c35534bc647085ccbe608daf190a39c">
+  <!ENTITY pipewire-size          "1.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY pipewire-buildsize     "140 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY pipewire-time          "0.4 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
           pw-dot,
           pw-dump,
           pw-jack,
+          pw-link,
+          pw-loopback,
           pw-metadata,
           pw-mididump,
           pw-mon,
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
         <term><command>pw-jack</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            runs JACK applications on a pipewire instance.
+            runs JACK applications on a pipewire instance
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="pipewire pw-jack">
             <primary sortas="b-pw-jack">pw-jack</primary>
@@ -335,6 +337,31 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="pw-link">
+        <term><command>pw-link</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            links pipewire ports together
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="pipewire pw-link">
+            <primary sortas="b-pw-link">pw-link</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="pw-loopback">
+        <term><command>pw-loopback</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            initializes a loopback link between two different pipewire ports.
+            This is useful for testing and debugging
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="pipewire pw-loopback">
+            <primary sortas="b-pw-loopback">pw-loopback</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="pw-metadata">
         <term><command>pw-metadata</command></term>
         <listitem>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index f3bf9b0559..96f4f36510 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libidn-version               "1.36">
 <!ENTITY libidn2-version              "2.3.0">
 <!ENTITY libiodbc-version             "3.52.14">
-<!ENTITY libksba-version              "1.5.0">
+<!ENTITY libksba-version              "1.5.1">
 <!ENTITY liblinear-version            "243">
 <!ENTITY libmbim-version              "1.24.6">
 <!--<!ENTITY libnfsidmap-version          "0.26">-->
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY python3-lib-suffix           "cpython-&python3-major;&python3-minor;-&lt;arch&gt;-linux-gnu">
 
 <!ENTITY ruby-minor-version           "3.0">
-<!ENTITY ruby-patch-version           "0">
+<!ENTITY ruby-patch-version           "1">
 <!ENTITY ruby-version                 "&ruby-minor-version;.&ruby-patch-version;">
 <!ENTITY rust-version                 "1.47.0">
 <!ENTITY scons-version                "4.1.0">
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY tcl-version                  "8.6.11">
 <!ENTITY tk-version                   "8.6.11.1">
 <!ENTITY vala-major-version           "0.52">  <!-- even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY vala-version                 "&vala-major-version;.0">
+<!ENTITY vala-version                 "&vala-major-version;.3">
 <!ENTITY valgrind-version             "3.17.0">
 <!ENTITY yasm-version                 "1.3.0">
 
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY glew-version                 "2.2.0">
 <!ENTITY glu-version                  "9.0.1">
 <!ENTITY goffice010-version           "0.10.49">
-<!ENTITY graphene-version             "1.10.4">
+<!ENTITY graphene-version             "1.10.6">
 <!ENTITY gtk2-version                 "2.24.33">
 <!ENTITY gtk3-version                 "3.24.28">
 <!ENTITY gtk4-version                 "4.2.0">
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY mlt-version                  "6.24.0">
 <!ENTITY opal-version                 "3.10.10">
 <!ENTITY opus-version                 "1.3.1">
-<!ENTITY pipewire-version             "0.3.24">
+<!ENTITY pipewire-version             "0.3.26">
 <!ENTITY pulseaudio-major-version     "14.2">
 <!ENTITY pulseaudio-version           "&pulseaudio-major-version;">
 <!ENTITY sdl-version                  "1.2.15">
diff --git a/x/lib/graphene.xml b/x/lib/graphene.xml
index a13f42ec6e..67fbec09c9 100644
--- a/x/lib/graphene.xml
+++ b/x/lib/graphene.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY graphene-download-http "https://github.com/ebassi/graphene/releases/download/&graphene-version;/graphene-&graphene-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY graphene-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY graphene-md5sum        "b2b244a13e0be3167720fb5b50a7168a">
-  <!ENTITY graphene-size          "388 KB">
+  <!ENTITY graphene-md5sum        "390139e704772b915ff2b7cac56c24ae">
+  <!ENTITY graphene-size          "328 KB">
   <!ENTITY graphene-buildsize     "16 MB">
   <!ENTITY graphene-time          "0.1 SBU">