diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b488250..425bc18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /linux-6.6.1.tar.xz
 /linux-6.10.5-rteval.tar.xz
 /linux-6.12-rc4.tar.gz
+/linux-6.17.7.tar.xz
diff --git a/rteval-loads.spec b/rteval-loads.spec
index 337b86a..c7aebfa 100644
--- a/rteval-loads.spec
+++ b/rteval-loads.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Name:		rteval-loads
-Version:	1.6
-Release:	14%{?dist}
+Version:	6.17.7
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Source files for rteval loads
 Group:		Development/Tools
 License:	GPL-2.0-only
 URL:		https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/rteval/rteval.git
-Source0:	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.12-rc4.tar.gz
+Source0:	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:	noarch
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE0} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/rteval/loadsource
 %{_datadir}/rteval/loadsource/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 14 2025 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 6.17.7-1
+- Changed the kernel version to 6.17.7
+- changed the rteval-loads number scheme to reflect the kernel version
+Resolves: RHEL-86702
+
 * Tue Oct 29 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 1.6-14
 - Bump release for October 2024 mass rebuild:
   Resolves: RHEL-64018
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 29aad4b..7d3668b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (linux-6.12-rc4.tar.gz) = 8cfdf21c054071ec56643bda00b0d39a74846e41bec3f98c6197c7772b653d03dd293282d4dce2fec4fa9ce4369e5d438386c2654c55310e823d54687f4fe188
+SHA512 (linux-6.17.7.tar.xz) = f16f28c395374099ccf21d9df654a31746ed3f09376f7f9eca172579787b7b493d3878cb0a44348c2846bba93f7950f04b0e45235152860e4789fdd2aa9711cb