diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 700a7fb3e..73d969358 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 = 196
+RHEL_RELEASE = 197
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index df581b633..a9da2cd05 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+* Mon Feb 02 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-197.el10]
+- sched: Fix tracepoint called from set_tsk_need_resched() more (Phil Auld) [RHEL-145178]
+- soc/tegra: pmc: Don't fail if "aotag" is not present (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-140002]
+- xfrm: Fix inner mode lookup in tunnel mode GSO segmentation (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: Determine inner GSO type from packet inner protocol (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: Check inner packet family directly from skb_dst (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: fix offloading of cross-family tunnels (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- udp: also consider secpath when evaluating ipsec use for checksumming (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: bring back device check in validate_xmit_xfrm (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: restore GSO for SW crypto (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+Resolves: RHEL-108332, RHEL-140002, RHEL-145178
+
 * Fri Jan 30 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-196.el10]
 - btrfs : Enable btrfs module and backport btrfs fixes from upstream v6.12 (Ravi Singh) [RHEL-140878]
 - btrfs: don't rewrite ret from inode_permission (Ravi Singh) [RHEL-140878]
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 56b7e29e9..83651f419 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 196
+%define pkgrelease 197
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.12.0-196.el10
+%define tarfile_release 6.12.0-197.el10
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 12
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 196%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 197%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
-%define kabiversion 6.12.0-196.el10
+%define kabiversion 6.12.0-197.el10
 
 # If this variable is set to 1, a bpf selftests build failure will cause a
 # fatal kernel package build error
@@ -4481,6 +4481,17 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 02 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-197.el10]
+- sched: Fix tracepoint called from set_tsk_need_resched() more (Phil Auld) [RHEL-145178]
+- soc/tegra: pmc: Don't fail if "aotag" is not present (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-140002]
+- xfrm: Fix inner mode lookup in tunnel mode GSO segmentation (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: Determine inner GSO type from packet inner protocol (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: Check inner packet family directly from skb_dst (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: fix offloading of cross-family tunnels (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- udp: also consider secpath when evaluating ipsec use for checksumming (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: bring back device check in validate_xmit_xfrm (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+- xfrm: restore GSO for SW crypto (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-108332]
+
 * Fri Jan 30 2026 CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [6.12.0-196.el10]
 - btrfs : Enable btrfs module and backport btrfs fixes from upstream v6.12 (Ravi Singh) [RHEL-140878]
 - btrfs: don't rewrite ret from inode_permission (Ravi Singh) [RHEL-140878]
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 88bb3bdbe..60e02e443 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-6.12.0-196.el10.tar.xz) = c839d215aa53ccaf49726ba6418753bc5040958eb53a177b33cfbcc64c08661d06df2bfa4dfbb0cfa8ef7d0512df8ad7b8ed11342072ba181cabf2b1755e2154
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-196.el10.tar.xz) = fe643a4b7951f81ea0ca0d3bedc0c05adf27d87086afe38167d3977d8c7b3888fd6390b110358cabcd551fcc6b7d25ed6a10a15ffc94db265fdb7614c9f857f5
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.12.0-196.el10.tar.xz) = 4ff5a66ad0b4634c92581406230df04ee71c0248569981d8aa99c38c20eb147748364585eebc6df901b64604b68734dc6598ca2eedb57a2e548008678dfd56e0
+SHA512 (linux-6.12.0-197.el10.tar.xz) = 3f35283cbfc30a482520957095b2a99f037689c007491d5c8a1e104e1021da3a58422dff88973deb9ad8fc1522fae149761595bcf6b4f44cabf4fa4e5a131451
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.12.0-197.el10.tar.xz) = 1c6995e101eb5791a158a0e262497b1ac643552d9c48cbe81fcc5bc8b3189be8e879901bf901c7b74810d032a43f65813679643119a009baeb8cbda361e4ecf0
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.12.0-197.el10.tar.xz) = 61887d6a37dc53e547c941a83517af4e463c9f9b8d5249fdd234f6b1db2639391ea9c3f41fe66744f59d47508f9a633e2a33c9dde1361c6437e4c37cc4a4907d