diff --git a/packages/tools/brig/default.nix b/packages/tools/brig/default.nix
index b84bbf5..1c2250a 100644
--- a/packages/tools/brig/default.nix
+++ b/packages/tools/brig/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,44 @@
 { lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildGoModule rec {
+let
+  vp = "github.com/sahib/brig/version";
+  version = {
+    major = "0";
+    minor = "5";
+    patch = "3";
+    releaseType = "develop";
+    gitRev = "6b7eccf8fcbd907fc759f8ca8aa814df8499e2ed";
+  };
+in
+
+buildGoModule {
   pname = "brig";
   version = "0.5.3pre";
 
   subPackages = ["."];
   patches = [
     ./default-repo-location.patch
+    ./info-no-check-cached.patch
+    ./ls-no-check-cached.patch
     ./pin-ls-recursive.patch
+    ./repin-relaxed-locking.patch
   ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "sahib";
     repo = "brig";
-    rev = "6b7eccf8fcbd907fc759f8ca8aa814df8499e2ed";
+    rev = version.gitRev;
     sha256 = "sha256-lCXSeTIZcIcVcblm9BTUMqTfxO7+BHYQNv6/RlPq14A=";
   };
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-pFrrMq7VFCwt8KRgJApCq8lPYv0P8hIUOxKJMN9QR0U=";
+  
+  ldflags = with version; [
+    "-s" "-w"
+    "-X ${vp}.Major=${major}"
+    "-X ${vp}.Minor=${minor}"
+    "-X ${vp}.Patch=${patch}"
+    "-X ${vp}.GitRev=${gitRev}"
+    "-X ${vp}.ReleaseType=${releaseType}"
+    "-X ${vp}.BuildTime=1970-01-01T01:00:01+01:00"
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/packages/tools/brig/info-no-check-cached.patch b/packages/tools/brig/info-no-check-cached.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ee8cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/brig/info-no-check-cached.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/cmd/fs_handlers.go b/cmd/fs_handlers.go
+index d86e8d91..f894ac89 100644
+--- a/cmd/fs_handlers.go
++++ b/cmd/fs_handlers.go
+@@ -591,14 +591,8 @@ func handleShowFileOrDir(ctx *cli.Context, ctl *client.Client, path string) erro
+ 		return tmpl.Execute(os.Stdout, info)
+ 	}
+ 
+-	isCached, err := ctl.IsCached(path)
+-	if err != nil {
+-		return err
+-	}
+-
+ 	pinState := yesify(info.IsPinned)
+ 	explicitState := yesify(info.IsExplicit)
+-	cachedState := yesify(isCached)
+ 
+ 	nodeType := "file"
+ 	if info.IsDir {
+@@ -627,7 +621,6 @@ func handleShowFileOrDir(ctx *cli.Context, ctl *client.Client, path string) erro
+ 	printPair("Inode", strconv.FormatUint(info.Inode, 10))
+ 	printPair("Pinned", pinState)
+ 	printPair("Explicit", explicitState)
+-	printPair("Cached", cachedState)
+ 	printPair("IsRaw", yesify(info.IsRaw))
+ 	printPair("ModTime", info.ModTime.Format(time.RFC3339))
+ 	printPair("Tree Hash", info.TreeHash.B58String())
diff --git a/packages/tools/brig/ls-no-check-cached.patch b/packages/tools/brig/ls-no-check-cached.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ce4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/brig/ls-no-check-cached.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff --git a/cmd/fs_handlers.go b/cmd/fs_handlers.go
+index f1791b16..d86e8d91 100644
+--- a/cmd/fs_handlers.go
++++ b/cmd/fs_handlers.go
+@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ func handleList(ctx *cli.Context, ctl *client.Client) error {
+ 			userColumn = "USER\t"
+ 		}
+ 
+-		fmt.Fprintf(tabW, "SIZE\tBKEND\tMODTIME\t%sPATH\tPIN\tCACHED\tHINT\n", userColumn)
++		fmt.Fprintf(tabW, "SIZE\tBKEND\tMODTIME\t%sPATH\tPIN\tHINT\n", userColumn)
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	for _, entry := range entries {
+@@ -467,22 +467,15 @@ func handleList(ctx *cli.Context, ctl *client.Client) error {
+ 			userEntry = color.GreenString(userMap[entry.User]) + "\t"
+ 		}
+ 
+-		isCached, err := ctl.IsCached(entry.Path)
+-		if err != nil {
+-			return err
+-		}
+-		cachedState := "  " + pinStateToSymbol(isCached, false)
+-
+ 		fmt.Fprintf(
+ 			tabW,
+-			"%s\t%s\t%s\t%s%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
++			"%s\t%s\t%s\t%s%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+ 			colorForSize(entry.Size)(humanize.Bytes(entry.Size)),
+ 			colorForSize(entry.Size)(humanize.Bytes(uint64(entry.CachedSize))),
+ 			entry.ModTime.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"),
+ 			userEntry,
+ 			coloredPath,
+ 			pinState,
+-			cachedState,
+ 			formatHint(entry.Hint),
+ 		)
+ 	}
diff --git a/packages/tools/brig/repin-relaxed-locking.patch b/packages/tools/brig/repin-relaxed-locking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d0031c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/brig/repin-relaxed-locking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+diff --git a/catfs/repin.go b/catfs/repin.go
+index 63ba711e..f8b5b9d6 100644
+--- a/catfs/repin.go
++++ b/catfs/repin.go
+@@ -247,9 +247,12 @@ func (fs *FS) repin(root string) error {
+ 	savedStorage := uint64(0)
+ 	parts := []*partition{}
+ 
++	fs.mu.Unlock()
+ 	log.Infof("repin started (min=%d max=%d quota=%s)", minDepth, maxDepth, quotaSrc)
+ 
+ 	err = n.Walk(fs.lkr, rootNd, true, func(child n.Node) error {
++		fs.mu.Lock()
++		defer fs.mu.Unlock()
+ 		if child.Type() == n.NodeTypeDirectory {
+ 			return nil
+ 		}
+@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ func (fs *FS) repin(root string) error {
+ 			return e.Wrapf(ie.ErrBadNode, "repin")
+ 		}
+ 
++		fs.mu.Unlock()
+ 		part, err := fs.partitionNodeHashes(modChild, minDepth, maxDepth)
+ 		if err != nil {
+ 			return err
+@@ -273,6 +277,7 @@ func (fs *FS) repin(root string) error {
+ 		if err != nil {
+ 			return err
+ 		}
++		fs.mu.Lock()
+ 
+ 		totalStorage += part.PinSize
+ 		addedToStorage += pinBytes
+@@ -286,6 +291,7 @@ func (fs *FS) repin(root string) error {
+ 		return e.Wrapf(err, "repin: walk")
+ 	}
+ 
++	fs.mu.Lock()
+ 	quotaUnpins, err := fs.balanceQuota(parts, totalStorage, quota)
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		return e.Wrapf(err, "repin: quota balance")