diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 517be55..36efb02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kiwi-10.2.37.tar.gz
+kiwi-10.2.45.tar.gz
diff --git a/2937.patch b/2937.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9446b55..0000000
--- a/2937.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-From b522bae980d85fef7465d3943bcb616f7c213357 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcus=20Sch=C3=A4fer?= <marcus.schaefer@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:10:08 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix s390 unit test
-
-Forgot to mock the architecture properly. This commit fixes it
----
- test/unit/bootloader/config/zipl_test.py | 7 ++++---
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/unit/bootloader/config/zipl_test.py b/test/unit/bootloader/config/zipl_test.py
-index cba6da75d84..e624e12566c 100644
---- a/test/unit/bootloader/config/zipl_test.py
-+++ b/test/unit/bootloader/config/zipl_test.py
-@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def setup(self, mock_FirmWare):
-         self.bootloader.get_menu_entry_title = Mock(
-             return_value='title'
-         )
-+        self.bootloader.arch = 's390x'
- 
-     @patch('kiwi.bootloader.config.bootloader_spec_base.FirmWare')
-     def setup_method(self, cls, mock_FirmWare):
-@@ -177,17 +178,17 @@ def test_setup_loader(
-         assert mock_shutil_move.call_args_list == [
-             call(
-                 'system_root_mount/secure_execution_header.bin',
--                'target_dir/image-name.x86_64-image-version.'
-+                'target_dir/image-name.s390x-image-version.'
-                 'secure_execution_header.bin'
-             ),
-             call(
-                 'system_root_mount/attestation_request.bin',
--                'target_dir/image-name.x86_64-image-version.'
-+                'target_dir/image-name.s390x-image-version.'
-                 'attestation_request.bin'
-             ),
-             call(
-                 'system_root_mount/attestation_response.key',
--                'target_dir/image-name.x86_64-image-version.'
-+                'target_dir/image-name.s390x-image-version.'
-                 'attestation_response.key'
-             )
-         ]
-
-From 40f8da5f5b017a741430a3ab68f5bdcd7200dc0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcus=20Sch=C3=A4fer?= <marcus.schaefer@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:14:13 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix platform mock for kis builder unit testing
-
----
- test/unit/builder/kis_test.py | 4 +++-
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/unit/builder/kis_test.py b/test/unit/builder/kis_test.py
-index 0cd031591df..e5ca7a8f993 100644
---- a/test/unit/builder/kis_test.py
-+++ b/test/unit/builder/kis_test.py
-@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ def inject_fixtures(self, caplog):
- 
-     @patch('kiwi.builder.kis.FileSystemBuilder')
-     @patch('kiwi.builder.kis.BootImage')
--    def setup(self, mock_boot, mock_filesystem):
-+    @patch('kiwi.builder.kis.Defaults.get_platform_name')
-+    def setup(self, mock_get_platform_name, mock_boot, mock_filesystem):
-+        mock_get_platform_name.return_value = 'x86_64'
-         self.setup = Mock()
-         self.runtime_config = Mock()
-         self.runtime_config.get_max_size_constraint = Mock(
diff --git a/kiwi.spec b/kiwi.spec
index 32127f3..4a4bf13 100644
--- a/kiwi.spec
+++ b/kiwi.spec
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ The KIWI Image System provides an operating system image builder \
 for Linux supported hardware platforms as well as for virtualization \
 and cloud systems like Xen, KVM, VMware, EC2 and more.
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 10
+%bcond check 0
+%else
 %bcond check 1
+%endif
+
 
 Name:           kiwi
-Version:        10.2.37
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        10.2.45
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 URL:            http://osinside.github.io/kiwi/
 Summary:        Flexible operating system image builder
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -20,8 +25,6 @@ Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/k/%{name}/%{name}
 ExcludeArch:    %{ix86}
 
 # Backports from upstream
-## Fix unit tests for aarch64 and ppc64le
-Patch0001:      https://github.com/OSInside/kiwi/pull/2937.patch
 
 # Proposed upstream
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3dist(sphinx)
 BuildRequires:  python3dist(sphinx-rtd-theme)
 %if %{with check}
 # for tests
-BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest)
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest) >= 7
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest-xdist)
 %endif
@@ -649,6 +652,15 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 13 2026 Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org> - 10.2.45-1
+- Update to 10.2.45
+
+* Thu Mar 12 2026 Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org> - 10.2.44-1
+- Update to 10.2.44
+
+* Mon Feb 02 2026 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 10.2.37-3
+- Backport fix for crash when dracut doesn't have --printconfig option
+
 * Mon Jan 26 2026 Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org> - 10.2.37-2
 - Backport fix for aarch64 and ppc64le tests
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e37ccfb..4e34487 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kiwi-10.2.37.tar.gz) = 43417b8e4d1a932fd86dab32ef42b406808d289539207b866f215d7700ebfae9771700a6ac491722bcff744ee5b51983479b85c2905acdab4d386a8a9c54b436
+SHA512 (kiwi-10.2.45.tar.gz) = 71699847c26456b7d3d3ed7f0f1ccc11bfe03f4636e17d5335efa0496602a0282d23efd5d0782a69326e2727cfa66e1c562c28424c240b2753c0d6e6b8de6ce9