diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 784f473bb..b100eb1e2 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 = 52
+RHEL_RELEASE = 55
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index 4eacaf7c5..ac82c0c30 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
-* Fri Apr 03 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.d8a9a4b11a13.52]
+* Mon Apr 06 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc7.55]
 - Work around binutils update in s390x perf (Justin M. Forbes)
 Resolves: 
 
+* Mon Apr 06 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc7.54]
+- Linux v7.0.0-0.rc7
+Resolves: 
+
+* Sun Apr 05 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.3aae9383f42f.53]
+- Linux v7.0.0-0.rc6.3aae9383f42f
+Resolves: 
+
+* Sat Apr 04 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.7ca6d1cfec80.52]
+- Linux v7.0.0-0.rc6.7ca6d1cfec80
+Resolves: 
+
 * Fri Apr 03 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.d8a9a4b11a13.51]
 - Linux v7.0.0-0.rc6.d8a9a4b11a13
 Resolves: 
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 4c2e5762e..39478d849 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 7.0.0
 %define specversion 7.0.0
 %define patchversion 7.0
-%define pkgrelease 0.rc6.260403gd8a9a4b11a13.52
+%define pkgrelease 0.rc7.55
 %define kversion 7
-%define tarfile_release 7.0-rc6-187-gd8a9a4b11a13
+%define tarfile_release 7.0-rc7
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 0
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 0.rc6.260403gd8a9a4b11a13.52%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 0.rc7.55%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
 %define kabiversion 7.0.0
 
@@ -4822,9 +4822,18 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
-* Fri Apr 03 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.d8a9a4b11a13.52]
+* Mon Apr 06 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc7.55]
 - Work around binutils update in s390x perf (Justin M. Forbes)
 
+* Mon Apr 06 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc7.54]
+- Linux v7.0.0-0.rc7
+
+* Sun Apr 05 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.3aae9383f42f.53]
+- Linux v7.0.0-0.rc6.3aae9383f42f
+
+* Sat Apr 04 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.7ca6d1cfec80.52]
+- Linux v7.0.0-0.rc6.7ca6d1cfec80
+
 * Fri Apr 03 2026 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [7.0.0-0.rc6.d8a9a4b11a13.51]
 - Linux v7.0.0-0.rc6.d8a9a4b11a13
 
diff --git a/patch-7.0-redhat.patch b/patch-7.0-redhat.patch
index 70e046acc..d41c4019f 100644
--- a/patch-7.0-redhat.patch
+++ b/patch-7.0-redhat.patch
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ index 000000000000..85771d74c34f
 +
 +endmenu
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 6b1d9fb1a6b4..4aebd174a105 100644
+index 4f54c5685638..1f98583c2466 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
 @@ -356,6 +356,17 @@ ifneq ($(filter install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@ index ec33376f8e2b..255679ba5351 100644
  	  The VM uses one page of physical memory for each page table.
  	  For systems with a lot of processes, this can use a lot of
 diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
-index 38dba5f7e4d2..68fd9fb32f1c 100644
+index 9ea19b74b6c3..6d2800a2a061 100644
 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
 +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
-@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ endchoice
+@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ endchoice
  
  config ARM64_FORCE_52BIT
  	bool "Force 52-bit virtual addresses for userspace"
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a9b00f95b..cb158d2fe 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (linux-7.0-rc6-187-gd8a9a4b11a13.tar.xz) = acdf28d393e34130f389bf82ad3dcd8cfd707a84fc9d012f194ee33bf8b75df096895cfb2b80ef504a08ec43bdab0f1051b8dca3bb9b50beb20afb1fe9c7fde3
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-7.0.0.tar.xz) = 033806f9f71dce3bf1d142954820fb176f3233b414b628efdae48aa1f34fdbfbc0f814fd4e24737985c8e3d9520aec8fe77bdb73810fca900f74232fb6e32997
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-7.0.0.tar.xz) = 80689e694037e564369825695fa6a38e20428556f29b2f9b93a92c4b9eaf8992b2e6817b172329c32ca4941015174bfe2d2a9114a39d3b703ec050a130b1fad8
+SHA512 (linux-7.0-rc7.tar.xz) = 3e1ff36f662a950fcf84275ee015e2b84589f00a800da7f1740277340fe72f766910213f1f05b3f728f2d049d8c382dda36013df01d408d5665aa3a84c6e31d8
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-7.0.0.tar.xz) = 3aceee18e9e294afa300d0fa917358b654dc956dd023422e4141c2550112ad3f5c7a103ba262a895bf0e9b91827616c475f7c0e15d3eaa406e7e60182d2afd3e
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-7.0.0.tar.xz) = adee04d59b77eaa33be6eaaa7342e1c706f76118137bbcfb4e472c533808e644cd0a0cb104d29b87529cb9cfebeff787882b9158392d141bac2910cb56ca8040