diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 2bd01184d..36b6f2d1a 100644
--- a/Makefile.rhelver
+++ b/Makefile.rhelver
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RHEL_MINOR = 8
 #
 # Use this spot to avoid future merge conflicts.
 # Do not trim this comment.
-RHEL_RELEASE = 641
+RHEL_RELEASE = 642
 
 #
 # ZSTREAM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index 68f3dd60a..26db3705b 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+* Thu Nov 20 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [5.14.0-642.el9]
+- kernel: extend rh_waived to cope better with the CVE mitigations case (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- Add support to rh_waived cmdline boot parameter (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- rh_flags: Rename rh_features to rh_flags (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- kernel: rh_features: fix reading empty feature list from /proc (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- rh_features: move rh_features entry to sys/kernel (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- rh_features: convert to atomic allocation (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- add rh_features to /proc (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- add support for rh_features (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- dlm: fix lkb timeout scanning lookup (Alexander Aring) [RHEL-82137]
+- dlm: move to rinfo for all middle conversion cases (Alexander Aring) [RHEL-110034]
+Resolves: RHEL-110034, RHEL-122981, RHEL-82137
+
 * Wed Nov 19 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [5.14.0-641.el9]
 - tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: v1.23 release (David Arcari) [RHEL-125240]
 - tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Skip uncore frequency update (David Arcari) [RHEL-125240]
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 9b7fb7304..6a9e78b4c 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -165,15 +165,15 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 # define buildid .local
 %define specversion 5.14.0
 %define patchversion 5.14
-%define pkgrelease 641
+%define pkgrelease 642
 %define kversion 5
-%define tarfile_release 5.14.0-641.el9
+%define tarfile_release 5.14.0-642.el9
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 14
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 641%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 642%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
-%define kabiversion 5.14.0-641.el9
+%define kabiversion 5.14.0-642.el9
 
 #
 # End of genspec.sh variables
@@ -3693,6 +3693,18 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 20 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [5.14.0-642.el9]
+- kernel: extend rh_waived to cope better with the CVE mitigations case (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- Add support to rh_waived cmdline boot parameter (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- rh_flags: Rename rh_features to rh_flags (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- kernel: rh_features: fix reading empty feature list from /proc (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- rh_features: move rh_features entry to sys/kernel (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- rh_features: convert to atomic allocation (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- add rh_features to /proc (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- add support for rh_features (Ricardo Robaina) [RHEL-122981]
+- dlm: fix lkb timeout scanning lookup (Alexander Aring) [RHEL-82137]
+- dlm: move to rinfo for all middle conversion cases (Alexander Aring) [RHEL-110034]
+
 * Wed Nov 19 2025 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [5.14.0-641.el9]
 - tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: v1.23 release (David Arcari) [RHEL-125240]
 - tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Skip uncore frequency update (David Arcari) [RHEL-125240]
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 17f915482..f1d231e97 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (linux-5.14.0-641.el9.tar.xz) = d058db4b521acf8ac167cd5a9206189ba67fa98d6ae70ff3fd9ad06d1fba4427d91b48bca9ae623dfe9f595488284ca01ca1bf806e8e36fea95db5556de24d2b
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-641.el9.tar.bz2) = e817a0a355854dc242f3eec769f5fa3576dd2fd50174e53d0abec161a592e25edab33c8430322c5373e97444428e749b60abb1746c58d23532d516f304053f88
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-5.14.0-641.el9.tar.bz2) = 67ca857c4cc40ddd32a3da29192d89d37d8f4411c9eaa1520924dc19a7371494de3fc019b66feb7991255135062528c25da3a6aa340981cfd0fdb999ea821e65
+SHA512 (linux-5.14.0-642.el9.tar.xz) = 3788732c7a85b48c941993d6fd033877b083831491cc808c8cc869c78becc2c32f5ccf4a29848cd631e8445b64a09662334d7be2e56add00b6a6d35f042d8fac
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-642.el9.tar.bz2) = 9656ff359dd7d3bd4d4f3564a5427cb10cab055937ceee14a83e29004de76800e5a80d1725e07d17b6d11330577cf9bc78153598fc3b7aecb4407f17a70b7057
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-5.14.0-642.el9.tar.bz2) = a9beea80cc98062085c19f6a94d79aed1afaab7b668ed74150ba123a07200bae81f3854ba4d533b5ec38956ef19c206286a8f6b359294d3ed7dd44b35653f46f