diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 555b59f..1071426 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SOURCES/1.7.0.tar.gz
 SOURCES/netavark-v1.7.0-vendor.tar.gz
+SOURCES/v1.7.0-rhel-4335c93.tar.gz
diff --git a/.netavark.metadata b/.netavark.metadata
index 4ad85c4..56fb8fa 100644
--- a/.netavark.metadata
+++ b/.netavark.metadata
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-1f94c6642ee9c6d033a50d56f960a28cede6f3ed SOURCES/1.7.0.tar.gz
 48f77690b2123394dd2c2ff95231b7a4733b27ab SOURCES/netavark-v1.7.0-vendor.tar.gz
+738f3e70198bd76da27fe9506943effd8b7a61a5 SOURCES/v1.7.0-rhel-4335c93.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/netavark.spec b/SPECS/netavark.spec
index eccd6b7..1804bc5 100644
--- a/SPECS/netavark.spec
+++ b/SPECS/netavark.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 # debuginfo doesn't work yet
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
+%global branch v1.7.0-rhel
+%global commit0 4335c93224d9667f62e9ba382d9eae314a19c706
+%global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
+
 Epoch: 2
 Name: netavark
 Version: 1.7.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0 and BSD and MIT
 ExclusiveArch: %{rust_arches}
 Summary: OCI network stack
 URL: https://github.com/containers/%{name}
-Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}/%{version}.tar.gz
+%if 0%{?branch:1}
+Source0: https://github.com/containers/%{name}/tarball/%{commit0}/%{branch}-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz
+%else
+Source0: https://github.com/containers/%{name}/archive/%{commit0}/%{name}-%{version}-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz
+%endif
 Source1: %{url}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-v%{version}-vendor.tar.gz
 Source2: netavark.1
 BuildRequires: cargo
@@ -45,7 +53,11 @@ Its features include:
 * Support for container DNS resolution via aardvark-dns.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -Sgit
+%if 0%{?branch:1}
+%autosetup -Sgit -n containers-%{name}-%{shortcommit0}
+%else
+%autosetup -Sgit -n %{name}-%{commit0}
+%endif
 tar fx %{SOURCE1}
 mkdir -p .cargo
 
@@ -81,6 +93,11 @@ cp %{SOURCE2} .
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 15 2023 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.7.0-2
+- update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/netavark/tree/v1.7.0-rhel
+  (https://github.com/containers/netavark/commit/4335c93)
+- Resolves: RHEL-16299
+
 * Mon Jul 03 2023 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.7.0-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/netavark/releases/tag/v1.7.0
 - Related: #2176055