diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
index bbd3f65..b00e416 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ gitea_service_name: gitea.service
 gitea_service_state: started
 gitea_service_enabled: yes
 
-gitea_arch: amd64
-gitea_version: 1.11.5
+gitea_version: 1.12.2
 gitea_url: "https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-{{ gitea_arch }}"
-gitea_checksum: sha256:d8d43c13e71596c79b541e85e29defe065b4f70ac5155e6d0212bcfc669e1b9c
 gitea_bin_path: /usr/local/bin
 gitea_var_path: /var/lib/gitea
 gitea_log_path: /var/log/gitea
diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index dd43e06..dae9945 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 ---
-#- name: OS specific variables
-#  include_vars: "{{ item }}"
-#  with_first_found:
-#    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yml"
-#    - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
-#    - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
-#    - "default.yml"
-#
+- name: gather architecture specific variables
+  include_vars: "{{ lookup('first_found', possible_files) }}"
+  vars:
+    possible_files:
+      files:
+        - "{{ ansible_userspace_architecture }}.yaml"
+        - "default.yaml"
+      paths:
+        - vars
+
 - name: "download gitea {{ gitea_version }}"
   get_url:
     url: "{{ gitea_url }}"
diff --git a/roles/gitea/vars/x86_64.yaml b/roles/gitea/vars/x86_64.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb9ad46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gitea/vars/x86_64.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+gitea_arch: amd64
+gitea_checksum: sha256:3faa3e97a621c3b9ecba7917fd870c07c3c6c88c8cc7c29ecbf2c7b9802d91b0