diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 635a0ee..faf1875 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # change below to w4T.xzdio):
 %define _binary_payload w3T.xzdio
 
-%global distro_build 550
+%global distro_build 551
 
 # Sign the x86_64 kernel for secure boot authentication
 %ifarch x86_64 aarch64 s390x ppc64le
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 # define buildid .local
 
 %define specversion 4.18.0
-%define pkgrelease 550.rt7.339.el8
+%define pkgrelease 551.rt7.340.el8
 
 # allow pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 550.rt7.339%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 551.rt7.340%{?dist}
 
 %define pkg_release %{specrelease}%{?buildid}
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 # The preempt RT patch level
 %global rttag .rt7
 # realtimeN
-%global rtbuild .339
+%global rtbuild .340
 %define with_doc 0
 %define with_headers 0
 %define with_cross_headers 0
@@ -2698,6 +2698,12 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 05 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-551.rt7.340.el8]
+- [rt] build kernel-rt-4.18.0-551.rt7.340.el8 [RHEL-5332]
+- x86/sev: Harden #VC instruction emulation somewhat (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [RHEL-30040] {CVE-2024-25743 CVE-2024-25742}
+- i40e: Fix VF MAC filter removal (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-22992]
+- i40e: Do not allow untrusted VF to remove administratively set MAC (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-22992]
+
 * Sun Mar 31 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-550.rt7.339.el8]
 - [rt] build kernel-rt-4.18.0-550.rt7.339.el8 [RHEL-5332]
 - mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (Waiman Long) [RHEL-28875 RHEL-28876] {CVE-2023-52489}
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a99ff40..114a822 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (linux-4.18.0-550.rt7.339.el8.tar.xz) = d5d4d2ee139291ca23f09369e26396a6a26ce1cc018155b62ad2df2e2fdc330f43c90c13c3da9dbb3ecd6b03e62fa4272a3a0b584d52e41d931e9bd8ce44d7cc
+SHA512 (linux-4.18.0-551.rt7.340.el8.tar.xz) = 3d6c2f3ea9d0292b6f8dd6719fbd3249cc069c36b79868cfe75b1b7a0b4f5889545612170ba88658abe9e9fd6bc6a414eccc88b65455b039577dffdfe4484eb6