diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index 684719db0b2ac8a3f0ea1c0b49ecc4e148769886..3cd8441e11e8f3f74073c4a1b108d6074584f7d5 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ ac311eb325bfc763698219252bf3cee9e091f3af jdk7-b122
 8361ef97a0f90086c9048beaf7cea1a37216c4cd jdk7-b126
 29e09de1d0b4f84faea114cf10b3ec08b59acc4e jdk7-b127
 f08682e23279d6cccbdcafda1eb0647ba4900874 jdk7-b128
+14cd5d54a8d0b9c368d60ea83a066735b9931015 jdk7-b129
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk
index a51cb2b75d578cc6826bb2529d828df497494294..5bfd708485fd5881e4ed07e58a1f363010b6329d 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)
 endif
 
 # Generic
-REQUIRED_ANT_VER          = 1.6.3
+REQUIRED_ANT_VER          = 1.7.1
 REQUIRED_BOOT_VER         = 1.6
 REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION = 2.3.0
 REQUIRED_MAKE_VER         = 3.81
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
index 0cf3433f9dcfba22c80073b6df276068c86f3caf..6883d9ce7ec99f2e41c7c0e0752a1ad0366ce3a0 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ endif
 MAKE_CHECK :=$(call CheckVersions,$(MAKE_VER),$(REQUIRED_MAKE_VER))
 sane-make:
 	@if [ "$(MAKE_CHECK)" != "same" -a "$(MAKE_CHECK)" != "newer" ]; then \
-	  $(ECHO) "WARNING: The version of make being used is older than \n" \
+	  $(ECHO) "ERROR: The version of make being used is older than \n" \
 	    "      the required version of '$(REQUIRED_MAKE_VER)'. \n" \
 	    "      The version of make found was '$(MAKE_VER)'. \n" \
-	    "" >> $(WARNING_FILE) ; \
+	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
 	fi
 
 ######################################################
@@ -1259,10 +1259,10 @@ ANT_CHECK :=$(call CheckVersions,$(ANT_VER),$(REQUIRED_ANT_VER))
 sane-ant_version:
 	@if [ "$(ANT_CHECK)" != "same" \
 	      -a "$(ANT_CHECK)" != "newer" ]; then \
-	  $(ECHO) "WARNING: The version of ant being used is older than \n" \
+	  $(ECHO) "ERROR: The version of ant being used is older than \n" \
 	    "      the required version of '$(REQUIRED_ANT_VER)'. \n" \
 	    "      The version of ant found was '$(ANT_VER)'. \n" \
-	    "" >> $(WARNING_FILE) ; \
+	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
 	fi
 
 ######################################################