diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index 76042063f..bc8c8c287 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Fri Jan 30 2026 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.18.8-0]
+- Linux v6.18.8
+Resolves: 
+
 * Fri Jan 23 2026 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.18.7-0]
 - Fix up the configs for CONFIG_DEVICE_PRIVATE (Justin M. Forbes)
 - Linux v6.18.7
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 01ca4321c..ee6a41a34 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -173,18 +173,18 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 #  the --with-release option overrides this setting.)
 %define debugbuildsenabled 1
 # define buildid .local
-%define specrpmversion 6.18.7
-%define specversion 6.18.7
+%define specrpmversion 6.18.8
+%define specversion 6.18.8
 %define patchversion 6.18
 %define pkgrelease 100
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.18.7
+%define tarfile_release 6.18.8
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 18
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
 %define specrelease 100%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
-%define kabiversion 6.18.7
+%define kabiversion 6.18.8
 
 # If this variable is set to 1, a bpf selftests build failure will cause a
 # fatal kernel package build error
@@ -4510,6 +4510,9 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 30 2026 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.18.8-0]
+- Linux v6.18.8
+
 * Fri Jan 23 2026 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.18.7-0]
 - Fix up the configs for CONFIG_DEVICE_PRIVATE (Justin M. Forbes)
 - Linux v6.18.7
diff --git a/patch-6.18-redhat.patch b/patch-6.18-redhat.patch
index 2d7584c75..a6a9f6c0b 100644
--- a/patch-6.18-redhat.patch
+++ b/patch-6.18-redhat.patch
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ index 2adc174fb576..068a5906b177 100644
  The driver will load the first matching firmware and skip the rest. If no matching firmware is found, it will proceed to the next pattern in the specified order. If all searches fail, the default Intel firmware, listed last in the order above, will be loaded.
  
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index e3e3b82d94c0..3518f25552e0 100644
+index 6b6539f2f11d..4cef8dbc27d6 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
 @@ -355,6 +355,17 @@ ifneq ($(filter install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9e8f9032d..ef67bc4ba 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (linux-6.18.7.tar.xz) = bc4434003b95a289d02dc89fcdaa27051cf1974218ccdfc84111ef29ba21eaacf88a5ea09e4f810f1dda9bd42a958154bee5e5cca5951aceeae0b828e86a6656
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.18.7.tar.xz) = 9d266f035a7774ff6b7254ed3ca84da64245675d072635ff1f477ff320bd467cdafe127457e744d254f08d1f3ab6f017273addde30bdba551026caf7e5331e3f
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.18.7.tar.xz) = 76c22ec7521d9abce82c3f22a90c1ad90aac600d05a86e13cf4858f20bd47499b218f1a6527472b82ecffd6579b323db35bb99c6023c9a94d365d5d69c07d2c4
+SHA512 (linux-6.18.8.tar.xz) = 1ac8284e0d5ed9eaef9f29a3e6678ad177d50067fdddbeb582587ed084254e87bb072d15cc964af9c7c1edcf83394075011c249c5092418358ad3ba3ca2ae4f5
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.18.8.tar.xz) = c9947b63515f8762435f791f48095ea2b057d2f93650139d73d899fb417d9b63d9a92d172738d56428e381930ea219a5869d8d1d4b6ac9028015ab26200cfd10
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.18.8.tar.xz) = d438e73f9dd6ecb73170970371c1170c517f0ece7fdee10d280429f07ca9a11652332e930dd054dbfcfc724102306c048b59bb3e4b3713bbab365a99446876f2