diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70de5be..450ad20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ clog
 /lorax-templates-rhel-9.0-39.tar.gz
 /lorax-templates-rhel-9.0-40.tar.gz
 /lorax-templates-rhel-9.6-1.tar.gz
+/lorax-templates-rhel-9.6-2.tar.gz
diff --git a/SERIAL b/SERIAL
index d00491f..0cfbf08 100644
--- a/SERIAL
+++ b/SERIAL
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1
+2
diff --git a/lorax-templates-rhel.spec b/lorax-templates-rhel.spec
index da4c6aa..ee37f27 100644
--- a/lorax-templates-rhel.spec
+++ b/lorax-templates-rhel.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Name:           lorax-templates-rhel
 Version:        9.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        RHEL9 build templates for lorax and livemedia-creator
 
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/weldr/lorax
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Source0:        lorax-templates-rhel-9.6-1.tar.gz
+Source0:        lorax-templates-rhel-9.6-2.tar.gz
 
 # Required for the template branding support
 Requires:       lorax >= 34.9.1
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ cp -a 80-rhel/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{templatedir}
 %{templatedir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 18 2025 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> - 9.6-2
+- runtime-cleanup: Leave stat binary and openssl files (bcl)
+  Resolves: RHEL-79950
+
 * Tue Nov 26 2024 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> - 9.6-1
 - Bump release version to 9.6 (bcl)
   Related: RHEL-69011
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 003e1a8..edabacb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lorax-templates-rhel-9.6-1.tar.gz) = 0b22610da49cd4e81c63ff78d4b4c1e2e36b8e9d85bb713e49b4504457ed3c93841a9e85ac119729c14df16dee7ef7816675edf82c92bc887558565d7b60efdf
+SHA512 (lorax-templates-rhel-9.6-2.tar.gz) = 003248c4667c850f01c7409cc8f4485a117141077b1c46a422e6ca3e0f6ae5debe8852321e2f6dafc5197c3a698710e08fc946a3a3d446e5b0d49dd6a850c1c9