diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotato/meta b/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotato/meta
index 2f277e9d3a..eee3a28763 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotato/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotato/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="CouchPotato"
-PKG_VERSION="2cb84f0"
+PKG_VERSION="806bed6"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotatoServer/meta b/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotatoServer/meta
index 964a4eb891..d85ff85a46 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotatoServer/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/download/CouchPotatoServer/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="CouchPotatoServer"
-PKG_VERSION="7367f7d"
+PKG_VERSION="e1d7440"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/Headphones/meta b/packages/3rdparty/download/Headphones/meta
index f2723e0b1e..197cbe2886 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/download/Headphones/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/download/Headphones/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="Headphones"
-PKG_VERSION="89c2a8c"
+PKG_VERSION="d07dc39"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/meta b/packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/meta
index 33f21569c4..4473da13b1 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="SABnzbd"
-PKG_VERSION="0.7.0"
+PKG_VERSION="0.7.3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/patches/SABnzbd-0.7.0-001_remove_default_settings-0.3.patch b/packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/patches/SABnzbd-0.7.3-001_remove_default_settings-0.3.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/patches/SABnzbd-0.7.0-001_remove_default_settings-0.3.patch
rename to packages/3rdparty/download/SABnzbd/patches/SABnzbd-0.7.3-001_remove_default_settings-0.3.patch
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/meta b/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/meta
index 55394a1b27..ecba022bda 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="SickBeard"
-PKG_VERSION="b3a7afe"
+PKG_VERSION="b7cf06e"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b3a7afe-001-remove_logo_update-header_and_donate_button-0.1.patch b/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b7cf06e-001-remove_logo_update-header_and_donate_button-0.1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b3a7afe-001-remove_logo_update-header_and_donate_button-0.1.patch
rename to packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b7cf06e-001-remove_logo_update-header_and_donate_button-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b3a7afe-002-remove_default_settings-0.3.patch b/packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b7cf06e-002-remove_default_settings-0.3.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b3a7afe-002-remove_default_settings-0.3.patch
rename to packages/3rdparty/download/SickBeard/patches/SickBeard-b7cf06e-002-remove_default_settings-0.3.patch
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/build b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/build
index 9ab1d51475..8cef07953e 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/build
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/build
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --localstatedir=/var \
             --disable-static \
             --enable-shared \
-            --disable-utp \
+            --enable-utp \
             --enable-largefile \
             --disable-nls \
             --disable-cli \
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
index 640242cc74..a4009e2075 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.1.5
+- update to transmission-2.61
+- update libevent to libevent-2.0.19-stable
+
 2.1.4
 - update to transmission-2.52
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
index 2e4b635fbb..806b0a1364 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="transmission"
-PKG_VERSION="2.52"
-PKG_REV="4"
+PKG_VERSION="2.61"
+PKG_REV="5"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"
diff --git a/packages/devel/libevent/meta b/packages/devel/libevent/meta
index a15765185e..b32a8bd73a 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libevent/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/libevent/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libevent"
-PKG_VERSION="2.0.16-stable"
+PKG_VERSION="2.0.19-stable"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-11.0.1-999.055-search-dialogs-workaround.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-11.0.1-999.055-search-dialogs-workaround.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f37fef13c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-11.0.1-999.055-search-dialogs-workaround.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp b/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp
+index 9e519fb..b64267b 100644
+--- a/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp
+@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ bool CPluginDirectory::WaitOnScriptResult(const CStdString &scriptPath, const CS
+     }
+ 
+     // check whether we should pop up the progress dialog
+-    if (!progressBar && XbmcThreads::SystemClockMillis() - startTime > timeBeforeProgressBar)
++    if (!progressBar && XbmcThreads::SystemClockMillis() - startTime > timeBeforeProgressBar && !g_windowManager.HasModalDialog())
+     { // loading takes more then 1.5 secs, show a progress dialog
+       progressBar = (CGUIDialogProgress *)g_windowManager.GetWindow(WINDOW_DIALOG_PROGRESS);
+ 
+diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp b/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp
+index 0330215..0604a65 100644
+--- a/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp
+@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ namespace PYXBMC
+ 
+     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char*)"|i", &autoClose)) return NULL;
+ 
++    if (g_windowManager.IsWindowActive(WINDOW_DIALOG_PROGRESS))
++      g_windowManager.CloseDialogs();
++
+     PyXBMCGUILock();
+     pKeyboard->Initialize();
+     pKeyboard->SetHeading(self->strHeading);
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-pvr-11.0.1-999.055-search-dialogs-workaround.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-pvr-11.0.1-999.055-search-dialogs-workaround.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f37fef13c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-pvr-11.0.1-999.055-search-dialogs-workaround.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp b/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp
+index 9e519fb..b64267b 100644
+--- a/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/filesystem/PluginDirectory.cpp
+@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ bool CPluginDirectory::WaitOnScriptResult(const CStdString &scriptPath, const CS
+     }
+ 
+     // check whether we should pop up the progress dialog
+-    if (!progressBar && XbmcThreads::SystemClockMillis() - startTime > timeBeforeProgressBar)
++    if (!progressBar && XbmcThreads::SystemClockMillis() - startTime > timeBeforeProgressBar && !g_windowManager.HasModalDialog())
+     { // loading takes more then 1.5 secs, show a progress dialog
+       progressBar = (CGUIDialogProgress *)g_windowManager.GetWindow(WINDOW_DIALOG_PROGRESS);
+ 
+diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp b/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp
+index 0330215..0604a65 100644
+--- a/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/keyboard.cpp
+@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ namespace PYXBMC
+ 
+     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char*)"|i", &autoClose)) return NULL;
+ 
++    if (g_windowManager.IsWindowActive(WINDOW_DIALOG_PROGRESS))
++      g_windowManager.CloseDialogs();
++
+     PyXBMCGUILock();
+     pKeyboard->Initialize();
+     pKeyboard->SetHeading(self->strHeading);
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver
index df4639abb1..4f4c7c8d03 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ echo "getting sources..."
   cd CouchPotatoServer.git
     git pull
     GIT_REV=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
-    rm -rf .git
   cd ..
 
 echo "copying sources..."