diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 6169cf1..e5bf846 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 GO111MODULE=off go build -buildmode pie -compiler gc -tags="rpm_crashtraceback ${BUILDTAGS:-}" -ldflags "${LDFLAGS:-} -linkmode=external -compressdwarf=false -B 0x$(head -c20 /dev/urandom|od -An -tx1|tr -d ' \\n') -extldflags '%__global_ldflags'" -a -v %{?**};
 
 %global import_path github.com/containers/podman
-#%%global branch v4.9
-%global commit0 76d0859d9f6e5d7c84392da9dcd2fae3447f789d
+%global branch v5.2-rhel
+%global commit0 458f9b42760bf79aae4a96d0610b22f317ac7714
 %global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
 %global cataver 0.1.7
 %global commit_dnsname bdc4ab85266ade865a7c398336e98721e62ef6b2
 %global shortcommit_dnsname %(c=%{commit_dnsname}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
-Epoch: 4
+Epoch: 5
 Name: podman
-Version: 5.2.4
+Version: 5.2.2
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT AND MPL-2.0
@@ -370,9 +370,11 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/test
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Oct 08 2024 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 4:5.2.4-1
-- update to https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v5.2.4
-- Related: RHEL-61722
+* Wed Oct 09 2024 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 5:5.2.2-1
+- stick with the v5.2-rhel branch for RHEL
+- update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/podman/tree/v5.2-rhel
+  (https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/458f9b4)
+- Resolves: RHEL-60965
 
 * Tue Oct 08 2024 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 4:5.2.3-6
 - properly package podman-testing
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index debb51b..a2e9f47 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (podman-5.2.4-76d0859.tar.gz) = 3a21f0fe18e4fac7e0fc8b2a8377942294638110f73b2c6c1c220203a1abf25dbe3db82b86ff98ca4a588957f242b847b0c45f9aaf2656d42e100c168b2d89dc
 SHA512 (v0.1.7.tar.gz) = 7d3174c60e1c8bd1f4b95b7751ccbe01cac63265060f18914b53311f68f7b4c63c693604f348ccfac5db4a96939169f835fbbbd614803b18062053d94f7dca67
 SHA512 (dnsname-bdc4ab8.tar.gz) = 2c7f4463b439d143c1cc1194b45bbd18e220bd03aa2c466cd81a14d043b753d69d84d331518cca3fab9b75ad5467b73f640f7d8ddce3eee05a5f5507d6f20cef
+SHA512 (v5.2-rhel-458f9b4.tar.gz) = 750be4f38db0445fea79cc2d20a3979c9c7c84fec79298defb53d2b899695d337bdd7e8feee8eb2e3f91dabda743e5b9c628ca1533eb125c1bc19d79fd8482c5