diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dff3dfe..0637f20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 /open-iscsi-095f59c.tar.gz
 /open-iscsi-2a8f9d8.tar.gz
 /open-iscsi-c26218d.tar.gz
+/open-iscsi-a65a472.tar.gz
diff --git a/0009-Coverity-scan-fixes.patch b/0009-Coverity-scan-fixes.patch
index 1b3904e..65b1e92 100644
--- a/0009-Coverity-scan-fixes.patch
+++ b/0009-Coverity-scan-fixes.patch
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ diff --git a/iscsiuio/src/unix/libs/qedi.c b/iscsiuio/src/unix/libs/qedi.c
 index 1af8d1b..9a814c6 100644
 --- a/iscsiuio/src/unix/libs/qedi.c
 +++ b/iscsiuio/src/unix/libs/qedi.c
-@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static int qedi_read(nic_t *nic, packet_t *pkt)
+@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static int qedi_read(nic_t *nic, packet_t *pkt)
  
- 	LOG_DEBUG(PFX "%s:hw_prod %d bd_prod %d, rx_pkt_idx %d, rxlen %d",
+ 	ILOG_DEBUG(PFX "%s:hw_prod %d bd_prod %d, rx_pkt_idx %d, rxlen %d",
  		  nic->log_name, hw_prod, bd_prod, rx_bd->rx_pkt_index, len);
--	LOG_DEBUG(PFX "%s: sw_con %d bd_cons %d num BD %d",
-+	LOG_DEBUG(PFX "%s: sw_con %d bd_cons %d num BD %lu",
+-	ILOG_DEBUG(PFX "%s: sw_con %d bd_cons %d num BD %d",
++	ILOG_DEBUG(PFX "%s: sw_con %d bd_cons %d num BD %lu",
  		  nic->log_name, sw_cons, bd_cons, QEDI_NUM_RX_BD);
  
  	if (bd_cons != bd_prod) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ index 0c9ad49..f83f305 100644
  	sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
  	rc = pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set, NULL);
 +	if (rc != 0) {
-+		LOG_ERR("Failed to set thread signal mask");
++		ILOG_ERR("Failed to set thread signal mask");
 +	}
  
  	/*  Spin off the signal handling thread */
diff --git a/0011-remove-unicode-symbols-from-iscsid.conf.patch b/0011-remove-unicode-symbols-from-iscsid.conf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b3d2de7..0000000
--- a/0011-remove-unicode-symbols-from-iscsid.conf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From b89d270f820ea6da0639ae25864bffcbddd3ed46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Chris Leech <cleech@redhat.com>
-Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 12:20:03 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] remove unicode symbols from iscsid.conf
-
----
- etc/iscsid.conf | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/etc/iscsid.conf b/etc/iscsid.conf
-index ca29e43..607ad0f 100644
---- a/etc/iscsid.conf
-+++ b/etc/iscsid.conf
-@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ node.leading_login = No
- # To configure which CHAP algorithms to enable, set
- # node.session.auth.chap_algs to a comma separated list.
- # The algorithms should be listed in order of decreasing
--# preference — in particular, with the most preferred algorithm first.
-+# preference - in particular, with the most preferred algorithm first.
- # Valid values are MD5, SHA1, SHA256, and SHA3-256.
- # The default is MD5.
- #node.session.auth.chap_algs = SHA3-256,SHA256,SHA1,MD5
--- 
-2.40.1
-
diff --git a/iscsi-initiator-utils.spec b/iscsi-initiator-utils.spec
index 20a8c30..5dac0bc 100644
--- a/iscsi-initiator-utils.spec
+++ b/iscsi-initiator-utils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %global open_iscsi_version	2.1
 %global open_iscsi_build	9
-%global commit0			c26218d9f8afdca44a492a4c3811648bd2880b26
+%global commit0			a65a472a35b436c7a2d47c5862aae530ac4ae9c8
 %global shortcommit0		%(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 # Disable python2 build by default
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 Summary: iSCSI daemon and utility programs
 Name: iscsi-initiator-utils
 Version: 6.%{open_iscsi_version}.%{open_iscsi_build}
-Release: 17.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
-License: GPLv2+
+Release: 18.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
+License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi
 Source0: https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/archive/%{commit0}.tar.gz#/open-iscsi-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz
 Source4: 04-iscsi
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Patch07: 0007-Disable-Data-Digests.patch
 Patch08: 0008-Revert-iscsiadm-return-error-when-login-fails.patch
 Patch09: 0009-Coverity-scan-fixes.patch
 Patch10: 0010-use-Red-Hat-version-string-to-match-RPM-package-vers.patch
-Patch11: 0011-remove-unicode-symbols-from-iscsid.conf.patch
 
 # libiscsi, deprecated but still needed until UDisks2 is converted to libopeniscsiusr
 Patch101: 0101-libiscsi.patch
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ Protocol networks.
 
 %package iscsiuio
 Summary: Userspace configuration daemon required for some iSCSI hardware
-License: BSD
+License: BSD-4-Clause
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description iscsiuio
@@ -273,6 +272,9 @@ systemctl --no-reload preset iscsi.service iscsi-starter.service &>/dev/null ||
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 15 2023 Chris Leech <cleech@redhat.com> - 6.2.1.9-18.gita65a472
+- iscsiuio threading fixes (iscsiuio 0.7.8.8)
+
 * Thu Jul 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 6.2.1.9-17.gitc26218d
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 80d8486..83105fc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (open-iscsi-c26218d.tar.gz) = 1da57f95aff4ac32653e726ffc2d011f7a287999ba7b40192ae6800f882c4ca6fa2e76a74616df8002c17f68ac64a7c7686fb8c6fbaa39b6db95dbf7d64215b7
+SHA512 (open-iscsi-a65a472.tar.gz) = f2befa5047a8a1f714910d402503828d6ae5d7be85d3b59db33cde32c4e36fe401430c6ae033a066d9bd57a3be0c0933185240cfc8660973e03c8a8c427d4ba6