diff --git a/java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile b/java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile
index bf03fe8..45cab22 100644
--- a/java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile
+++ b/java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 # New Version-String scheme-style defines
 %global featurever 17
 %global interimver 0
-%global updatever 16
+%global updatever 17
 %global patchver 0
 # buildjdkver is usually same as %%{featurever},
 # but in time of bootstrap of next jdk, it is featurever-1,
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 %global origin_nice     OpenJDK
 %global top_level_dir_name   %{vcstag}
 %global top_level_dir_name_backup %{top_level_dir_name}-backup
-%global buildver 8
+%global buildver 7
 %global rpmrelease 1
 #%%global tagsuffix     %%{nil}
 # Priority must be 8 digits in total; up to openjdk 1.8, we were using 18..... so when we moved to 11, we had to add another digit
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 # Release will be (where N is usually a number starting at 1):
 # - 0.N%%{?extraver}%%{?dist} for EA releases,
 # - N%%{?extraver}{?dist} for GA releases
-%global is_ga 1
+%global is_ga 0
 %if %{is_ga}
 %global build_type GA
 %global ea_designator ""
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ Provides: bundled(freetype) = 2.13.3
 # Version in src/java.desktop/share/native/libsplashscreen/giflib/gif_lib.h
 Provides: bundled(giflib) = 5.2.2
 # Version in src/java.desktop/share/native/libharfbuzz/hb-version.h
-Provides: bundled(harfbuzz) = 10.4.0
+Provides: bundled(harfbuzz) = 11.2.0
 # Version in src/java.desktop/share/native/liblcms/lcms2.h
 Provides: bundled(lcms2) = 2.17.0
 # Version in src/java.desktop/share/native/libjavajpeg/jpeglib.h
@@ -1832,6 +1832,20 @@ done
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 18 2025 Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@redhat.com> - 1:17.0.17.0.7-0.1.ea
+- Update to jdk-17.0.17+7 (EA)
+- Add to .gitignore openjdk-17.0.17+7-ea.tar.xz
+- Set updatever to 17
+- Set buildver to 7
+- Set is_ga to 0
+- Update sources to openjdk-17.0.17+7-ea.tar.xz
+- Set bundled harfbuzz version to 11.2.0
+- Update NEWS for jdk-17.0.17+7 (EA)
+
+* Mon Jul 21 2025 Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@redhat.com> - 1:17.0.16.0.8-1
+- Synchronize openjdk_news.sh from java-21-openjdk vanilla branch
+- Resolves: OPENJDK-3950
+
 * Wed Jul 09 2025 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:17.0.16.0.8-1
 - Update NEWS for jdk-17.0.16+8 (GA)
 
diff --git a/java-17-openjdk.spec b/java-17-openjdk.spec
index 3c80466..d74c157 100644
--- a/java-17-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-17-openjdk.spec
@@ -2507,6 +2507,7 @@ cjc.mainProgram(args)
 - Set is_ga to 0
 - Update sources to openjdk-17.0.17+7-ea.tar.xz
 - Set bundled harfbuzz version to 11.2.0
+- Sync java-17-openjdk-portable.specfile from openjdk-portable-rhel-8
 
 * Wed Jul 09 2025 Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@redhat.com> - 1:17.0.16.0.8-2
 - Update to jdk-17.0.16+8