diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f5e725..bf981cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SOURCES/centossecureboot201.cer
 SOURCES/centossecurebootca2.cer
-SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.155.1.rt7.496.el8_10.tar.xz
+SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10.tar.xz
 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot302.cer
 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot303.cer
 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot501.cer
diff --git a/.kernel-rt.metadata b/.kernel-rt.metadata
index 462f04c..07725e4 100644
--- a/.kernel-rt.metadata
+++ b/.kernel-rt.metadata
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2ba40bf9138b48311e5aa1b737b7f0a8ad66066f SOURCES/centossecureboot201.cer
 bfdb3d7cffc43f579655af5155d50c08671d95e5 SOURCES/centossecurebootca2.cer
-5dc61914b7c16bd6cd08b5f5509b4f917d107210 SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.155.1.rt7.496.el8_10.tar.xz
+4e15c5babc0f3bd2cd3c14dd731ac608742148f3 SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10.tar.xz
 13e5cd3f856b472fde80a4deb75f4c18dfb5b255 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot302.cer
 e89890ca0ded2f9058651cc5fa838b78db2e6cc2 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot303.cer
 ba0b760e594ff668ee72ae348adf3e49b97f75fb SOURCES/redhatsecureboot501.cer
diff --git a/SPECS/kernel.spec b/SPECS/kernel.spec
index 46c49b0..3adf37f 100644
--- a/SPECS/kernel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kernel.spec
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
 # define buildid .local
 
 %define specversion 4.18.0
-%define pkgrelease 553.155.1.rt7.496.el8_10
+%define pkgrelease 553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10
 
 # allow pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 553.155.1.rt7.496%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 553.156.1.rt7.497%{?dist}
 
 %define pkg_release %{specrelease}%{?buildid}
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 # The preempt RT patch level
 %global rttag .rt7
 # realtimeN
-%global rtbuild .496
+%global rtbuild .497
 %define with_doc 0
 %define with_headers 0
 %define with_cross_headers 0
@@ -2800,6 +2800,29 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 17 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [4.18.0-553.156.1.rt7.497.el8_10]
+- drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-221327] {CVE-2026-43206}
+- drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222576] {CVE-2026-64219}
+- drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222620] {CVE-2026-63879}
+- drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222738] {CVE-2026-63884}
+- drm/amd/display: Use krealloc_array() in dal_vector_reserve() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222662] {CVE-2026-53329}
+- drm/amd/display: Clamp VBIOS HDMI retimer register count to array size (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222680] {CVE-2026-53136}
+- mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err() (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-226551] {CVE-2025-39902}
+- drm/amdgpu: zero-initialize GART table on allocation (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222656] {CVE-2026-53374}
+- vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-224556]
+- can: bcm: extend bcm_tx_lock usage for data and timer updates (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: fix locking for bcm_op runtime updates (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: add locking for bcm_op runtime updates (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: bcm_tx_setup(): fix KMSAN uninit-value in vfs_write (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: check the result of can_send() in bcm_can_tx() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: Use hrtimer_forward_now() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- can: bcm: switch timer to HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT and remove hrtimer_tasklet (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-216711] {CVE-2026-17523}
+- sched/deadline: Update GRUB description in the documentation (Herton R. Krzesinski) [RHEL-189997]
+- sched/deadline: fix kABI breakage after the introduction of max_bw on dl_rq (Herton R. Krzesinski) [RHEL-189997]
+- sched/deadline: Fix bandwidth reclaim equation in GRUB (Herton R. Krzesinski) [RHEL-189997]
+- crypto: ccp - copy IV using skcipher ivsize (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-188453] {CVE-2026-53016}
+
 * Wed Aug 12 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [4.18.0-553.155.1.rt7.496.el8_10]
 - udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping (Ravi Singh) [RHEL-179571] {CVE-2026-45991}
 - ice: fix double-free of tx_buf skb (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-192193] {CVE-2026-53009}