diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 88410b93e..4020afea1 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # change below to w4T.xzdio):
 %define _binary_payload w3T.xzdio
 
-%global distro_build 543
+%global distro_build 544
 
 # 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 543.el8
+%define pkgrelease 544.el8
 
 # allow pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 543%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 544%{?dist}
 
 %define pkg_release %{specrelease}%{?buildid}
 
@@ -2695,6 +2695,13 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 22 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-544.el8]
+- ext4: fix kernel BUG in 'ext4_write_inline_data_end()' (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-23386] {CVE-2021-33631}
+- i2c: designware: Disable TX_EMPTY irq while waiting for block length byte (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-24019]
+- scsi: smartpqi: Fix disable_managed_interrupts (Tomas Henzl) [RHEL-25747]
+- hwmon: (k10temp) Check range scale when CUR_TEMP register is read-write (Steve Best) [RHEL-26167]
+- gitlab-ci: do not show (results can be ignored) for rt pipelines (Michael Hofmann)
+
 * Wed Feb 21 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-543.el8]
 - perf symbols: Symbol lookup with kcore can fail if multiple segments match stext (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-23760]
 - perf/arm-cmn: Move overlapping wp_combine field (Charles Mirabile) [RHEL-23757]
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1383c3347..e6f11fdee 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (linux-4.18.0-543.el8.tar.xz) = c98f80eee917d01f0039528e83229b400fdec6dbf03cac7297eb9335db88f06731f357b0419e028218bea94f2dc59d594b73d2f3e1e752451f1eb9475ab7e91a
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-543.tar.bz2) = 2cda7061586906e7158d5ed5529686c5972ad60785459d56ae6c949e06b1b26f110f73e229f25c9fa2c0fcc99ed6be0bc7e514ebe9be38faa5d09f3279c9c570
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-4.18.0-543.tar.bz2) = 8a671ed3c9b7f4b25fd4e594b62bc4a26474cb705d3ed22ca376618b3c7962fc72ace1ffd02c9c3a192d9d2c449d38228809542d7f16ebad16f8127020eb2faf
+SHA512 (linux-4.18.0-544.el8.tar.xz) = 2311645b82bc376ec5f15381d9cbd237681b6472806fd5537decbb9009530ded0f3b0d3e7ba11167fb806d6e873fc4e658db2dfefeab1484417fae586c811271
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-544.tar.bz2) = 9ffdc6ae371173c56bc0158039eb89374d51629883ea1a834ef5e2c8bcbe1825d8b3ee0f4753a1d665e15057ae3b4dab13a14e3e7884994e11e291bd4a3bae0a
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-4.18.0-544.tar.bz2) = 8a671ed3c9b7f4b25fd4e594b62bc4a26474cb705d3ed22ca376618b3c7962fc72ace1ffd02c9c3a192d9d2c449d38228809542d7f16ebad16f8127020eb2faf