diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adf358b..8050247 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /libvma-9.8.31.tar.gz
 /libvma-9.8.51.tar.gz
 /libvma-9.8.60.tar.gz
+/libvma-9.8.71.tar.gz
diff --git a/libvma.spec b/libvma.spec
index 860d632..2f16944 100644
--- a/libvma.spec
+++ b/libvma.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %{!?configure_options: %global configure_options %{nil}}
 
 Name: libvma
-Version: 9.8.60
+Version: 9.8.71
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A library for boosting TCP and UDP traffic (over RDMA hardware)
 
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/vma
 %{_mandir}/man8/vma_stats.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 19 2025 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 9.8.71-1
+- Update to upstream release 9.8.71.
+- Resolves: RHEL-94446
+
 * Tue Nov 05 2024 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 9.8.60-1
 - Update to upstream release 9.8.60.
 - Resolves: RHEL-52882
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5b6f845..75c07aa 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libvma-9.8.60.tar.gz) = 2ef903dd5e63670455cb96c7c3369942187fcbd1f82a9f03e5f247cdbd4338e2d541fa1ec6b1addd0fdec0ca8174b4a5a3773444e0ffd82e1d9cb845c1cc990f
+SHA512 (libvma-9.8.71.tar.gz) = 0f9978fb71dcb0a62c88589cf16c6e5900b1ae23b16dd963d53d7ed8e9706ff1d67de2c6276b6ee818797348d5d3cc93794f6cbf5abf93161b6329798e5e4f49