diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 95b9fd7b5..e810b8948 100644
--- a/Makefile.rhelver
+++ b/Makefile.rhelver
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RHEL_MINOR = 99
 #
 # Use this spot to avoid future merge conflicts.
 # Do not trim this comment.
-RHEL_RELEASE = 0
+RHEL_RELEASE = 1
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index b0f33a2be..afb185b26 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-* Mon Aug 03 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.6-0]
+* Mon Aug 03 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.6-1]
+- vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration (Jun Yang)
+Resolves: 
+
+* Mon Aug 03 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.6-1]
 - vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration (Jun Yang)
 Resolves: 
 
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 7566ace8d..7ef3c7405 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 7.1.6
 %define specversion 7.1.6
 %define patchversion 7.1
-%define pkgrelease 100
+%define pkgrelease 101
 %define kversion 7
 %define tarfile_release 7.1.6
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 1
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 100%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 101%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
 %define kabiversion 7.1.6
 
@@ -4865,7 +4865,10 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
-* Mon Aug 03 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.6-0]
+* Mon Aug 03 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.6-1]
+- vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration (Jun Yang)
+
+* Mon Aug 03 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.6-1]
 - vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration (Jun Yang)
 
 * Mon Aug 03 2026 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [7.1.6-0]
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ee382a4db..efe856466 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SHA512 (linux-7.1.6.tar.xz) = abd9e127261acc7fde3acf98a6a4992c58427c8d93aa3798e4c35a316043f90bc5e2fbce547637ac97b0231cdaac81f25fcda990a674212d74f6d6d752f98c08
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-7.1.6.tar.xz) = b7f880b633e87ac3b6aa6439049ee3cccb203c227c7b1ebe9019e64e62f1a5040cc22907df9ce843f55820314dcce2fc2d6c6ceec855dc8d4bfb60f0d488ab05
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-7.1.6.tar.xz) = 1d6904c88abb5cad96608fa27f39c8f73d5985a1109e858edff9d22c9cfd1ab49558c461cdf0b0f8f3f6a66a1328374958635606158d71aa6e41eecc5fdeebe6
 SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-7.1.6.tar.xz) = ecf3652402b9b7ca02a18e19aee16bce19db1d3a446f900d04e27174d78c35e3aa4902372326f124b6d410d98768480b9f9dac38498176771b023757b7f41b0a