diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9bbb35..70b5a49 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SOURCES/centossecureboot201.cer
 SOURCES/centossecurebootca2.cer
-SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.151.1.rt7.492.el8_10.tar.xz
+SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.153.1.rt7.494.el8_10.tar.xz
 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot302.cer
 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot303.cer
 SOURCES/redhatsecureboot501.cer
diff --git a/.kernel-rt.metadata b/.kernel-rt.metadata
index 873b03a..6b4478f 100644
--- a/.kernel-rt.metadata
+++ b/.kernel-rt.metadata
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2ba40bf9138b48311e5aa1b737b7f0a8ad66066f SOURCES/centossecureboot201.cer
 bfdb3d7cffc43f579655af5155d50c08671d95e5 SOURCES/centossecurebootca2.cer
-10a63a6295178f7f5b01b128b8b1cedd0eb5f0a0 SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.151.1.rt7.492.el8_10.tar.xz
+139b00c3834590402e555e1c6b5baf2a1f2dea9e SOURCES/linux-4.18.0-553.153.1.rt7.494.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 3f771f0..a18ee2a 100644
--- a/SPECS/kernel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kernel.spec
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
 # define buildid .local
 
 %define specversion 4.18.0
-%define pkgrelease 553.151.1.rt7.492.el8_10
+%define pkgrelease 553.153.1.rt7.494.el8_10
 
 # allow pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 553.151.1.rt7.492%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 553.153.1.rt7.494%{?dist}
 
 %define pkg_release %{specrelease}%{?buildid}
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 # The preempt RT patch level
 %global rttag .rt7
 # realtimeN
-%global rtbuild .492
+%global rtbuild .494
 %define with_doc 0
 %define with_headers 0
 %define with_cross_headers 0
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
-* Tue Aug 04 2026 Andrei Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 4.18.0-553.151.1.rt7.492
+* Thu Aug 06 2026 Andrei Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 4.18.0-553.153.1.rt7.494
 - hpsa: bring back deprecated PCI ids #CFHack #CFHack2024
 - mptsas: bring back deprecated PCI ids #CFHack #CFHack2024
 - megaraid_sas: bring back deprecated PCI ids #CFHack #CFHack2024
@@ -2738,10 +2738,19 @@ fi
 - kernel/rh_messages.h: enable all disabled pci devices by moving to
   unmaintained
 
-* Tue Aug 04 2026 Eduard Abdullin <eabdullin@almalinux.org> - 4.18.0-553.151.1.rt7.492
+* Thu Aug 06 2026 Eduard Abdullin <eabdullin@almalinux.org> - 4.18.0-553.153.1.rt7.494
 - Use AlmaLinux OS secure boot cert
 - Debrand for AlmaLinux OS
 
+* Wed Aug 05 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [4.18.0-553.153.1.rt7.494.el8_10]
+- scsi: storvsc: Handle PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN truncation for Hyper-V vFC (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [RHEL-188270]
+- scsi: storvsc: Process unsupported MODE_SENSE_10 (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [RHEL-188270]
+- x86/CPU/AMD: Prevent improper isolation of shared resources in Zen2's op cache (Dennis Chen) [RHEL-188786] {CVE-2025-54518}
+
+* Tue Aug 04 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [4.18.0-553.152.1.rt7.493.el8_10]
+- gfs2: page poisoning fix (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-214099]
+- bpf: Fix combination of jit blinding and pointers to bpf subprogs. (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-191844]
+
 * Mon Aug 03 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [4.18.0-553.151.1.rt7.492.el8_10]
 - net: dns_resolver: allow shorter names in dns_query() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-213976]
 - net/dns_resolver: use kasprintf + kmemdup_nul to simplify dns_query (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-213976]