diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index e810b8948..95b9fd7b5 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 = 1
+RHEL_RELEASE = 0
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index afb185b26..f513a6dfc 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Thu Aug 06 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.7-0]
+- Linux v7.1.7
+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 c7d863b22..ed4cbb534 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -187,18 +187,18 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 #  the --with-release option overrides this setting.)
 %define debugbuildsenabled 1
 # define buildid .local
-%define specrpmversion 7.1.6
-%define specversion 7.1.6
+%define specrpmversion 7.1.7
+%define specversion 7.1.7
 %define patchversion 7.1
-%define pkgrelease 201
+%define pkgrelease 200
 %define kversion 7
-%define tarfile_release 7.1.6
+%define tarfile_release 7.1.7
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 1
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 201%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 200%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
-%define kabiversion 7.1.6
+%define kabiversion 7.1.7
 
 # If this variable is set to 1, a bpf selftests build failure will cause a
 # fatal kernel package build error
@@ -4865,6 +4865,9 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 06 2026 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [7.1.7-0]
+- Linux v7.1.7
+
 * 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)
 
diff --git a/patch-7.1-redhat.patch b/patch-7.1-redhat.patch
index 050d1c450..c50abef73 100644
--- a/patch-7.1-redhat.patch
+++ b/patch-7.1-redhat.patch
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ index f74da642290a..3a0e977fc9cf 100644
  M:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
  M:	Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com>
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 75e5c9573863..734d4e2da969 100644
+index 4643c9e03a20..4fd7b9e2703a 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
 @@ -356,6 +356,17 @@ ifneq ($(filter install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c90fb07f2..a3ab2fc33 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) = ff0f9f78c61a06ea1257c9ec255d3929b79d77b69aec3ac061f5b05d90cd4d412690f3697fdc3d77b59fd66379fb880ded3ce91ebde07f91020ea445f22f587a
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-7.1.6.tar.xz) = ecf3652402b9b7ca02a18e19aee16bce19db1d3a446f900d04e27174d78c35e3aa4902372326f124b6d410d98768480b9f9dac38498176771b023757b7f41b0a
+SHA512 (linux-7.1.7.tar.xz) = 290aac4c1b154fe1af9295a65404f708cef04bfa153e91e35902034b1a1d461d73770e4f3d10048ce06a5ba1567a1666ee1335399d1b1aa83cf3c30941de9b95
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-7.1.7.tar.xz) = b1b6cf463ac92a14f026b73a84aa8ad803ee655f47eb016d8d124d3aa61b4c0f405e50349a78f65ce4ee596cb2bd5768a64c6b60c6cf6a9504134cce24303950
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-7.1.7.tar.xz) = 60841edb12fc13ebe6c7cb5945267efa87fa8545655f85e76505fe5af4c294fb788ef71802cf46d9a92a94a702d2d5c646c56b04af978640fe46c17ee80f6fe9