diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 4b6a11b79..2ae412deb 100644
--- a/Makefile.rhelver
+++ b/Makefile.rhelver
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RHEL_MINOR = 2
 #
 # Use this spot to avoid future merge conflicts.
 # Do not trim this comment.
-RHEL_RELEASE = 168
+RHEL_RELEASE = 169
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index dc006158b..8c816c48b 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* Thu Dec 04 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-169.el10]
+- crypto: iaa - Fix incorrect return value in save_iaa_wq() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-132474]
+- mm: hugetlb: conditionally disable tlb_remove_table_sync_one() in huge_pmd_unshare() (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-127604]
+Resolves: RHEL-127604, RHEL-132474
+
 * Wed Dec 03 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-168.el10]
 - iommufd/driver: Fix counter initialization for counted_by annotation (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-131337]
 - iommufd/iommufd_private.h: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-131337]
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index deb642857..58cccf262 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 6.12.0
 %define specversion 6.12.0
 %define patchversion 6.12
-%define pkgrelease 168
+%define pkgrelease 169
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.12.0-168.el10
+%define tarfile_release 6.12.0-169.el10
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 12
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 168%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 169%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
-%define kabiversion 6.12.0-168.el10
+%define kabiversion 6.12.0-169.el10
 
 # If this variable is set to 1, a bpf selftests build failure will cause a
 # fatal kernel package build error
@@ -4511,14 +4511,14 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
-* Thu Dec 04 2025 Eduard Abdullin <eabdullin@almalinux.org> - 6.12.0-168
+* Fri Dec 05 2025 Eduard Abdullin <eabdullin@almalinux.org> - 6.12.0-169
 - Debrand for AlmaLinux OS
 - Use AlmaLinux OS secure boot cert
 
-* Thu Dec 04 2025 Neal Gompa <ngompa@almalinux.org> - 6.12.0-168
+* Fri Dec 05 2025 Neal Gompa <ngompa@almalinux.org> - 6.12.0-169
 - Enable Btrfs support for all kernel variants
 
-* Thu Dec 04 2025 Andrew Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 6.12.0-168
+* Fri Dec 05 2025 Andrew Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 6.12.0-169
 - 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
@@ -4529,6 +4529,10 @@ fi\
 - kernel/rh_messages.h: enable all disabled pci devices by moving to
   unmaintained
 
+* Thu Dec 04 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-169.el10]
+- crypto: iaa - Fix incorrect return value in save_iaa_wq() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-132474]
+- mm: hugetlb: conditionally disable tlb_remove_table_sync_one() in huge_pmd_unshare() (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-127604]
+
 * Wed Dec 03 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-168.el10]
 - iommufd/driver: Fix counter initialization for counted_by annotation (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-131337]
 - iommufd/iommufd_private.h: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-131337]
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ca131dbf6..bb78bb1d5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.6.0.tar.bz2) = 4f917598056dee5e23814621ec96ff2e4a411c8c4ba9d56ecb01b23cb96431825bedbecfcbaac9338efbf5cb21694d85497fa0bf43e7c80d9cd10bc6dd144dbd
 SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.6.0.tar.bz2) = 19308cd976031d05e18ef7f5d093218acdb89446418bab0cd956ff12cf66369915b9e64bb66fa9f20939428a60e81884fec5be3529c6c7461738d6540d3cc5c6
-SHA512 (linux-6.12.0-168.el10.tar.xz) = 87342b157169cde79b5f12c18d8579ec24fcf417e778b97373afdb5b03da5888070c616c6bd6f2184300ac5b374bdb3b022a23e57d9e564bff01909e608cdb23
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-168.el10.tar.xz) = a16d13cfb14ac8d5fce467823b7f427d03e59d615f19fb0c367404e3bb191c89fbc175d3d0992a1bfddbe1dcfec43abb8a4a5dde5eac98ddde2450a8c0e8f0a4
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.12.0-168.el10.tar.xz) = b676b3870712993ed6cbb7b7d21de9ff4346179b001eb2275efa25f90cd08a8ba687952095e3d48801221388b6c62d73358a467ca8a1c46732f007314d7227a8
+SHA512 (linux-6.12.0-169.el10.tar.xz) = 63cc8c8ae5f6a2cffa63edc0e4cfc68ec17c6463c1d665728f935640d39e0cdfb224cdf87b3d135ef52bdc56b60287d0d654a889f86a4e5b1728efac6db3013f
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-169.el10.tar.xz) = a75bb1ea9b279a0ce44c6d4d36d527c43dccdebf1d53f019d05b9a51c8e43cc570e4a0d09a8948741ade8dfd2211457e7e3ce9ae94afcf81461721297d4a4330
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.12.0-169.el10.tar.xz) = c866753a5881e7c341179b3de5d3c8c7aa8ca3d87f988d6d89bbae136ea9f92510a12ce6a87d7fb73a123deb08aa40304f636f52e071111fe0b5d757d5dda57b