diff --git a/SOURCES/shadow-utils.login.defs b/SOURCES/shadow-utils.login.defs
index d117aec..0875b63 100644
--- a/SOURCES/shadow-utils.login.defs
+++ b/SOURCES/shadow-utils.login.defs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512
 # If not specified, the libc will choose the default number of rounds (5000).
 # The values must be within the 1000-999999999 range.
 #
-#SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS 5000
+SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS 100000
 
 # Currently SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS is not supported
 
diff --git a/SPECS/shadow-utils.spec b/SPECS/shadow-utils.spec
index aba5b0b..66fbdc6 100644
--- a/SPECS/shadow-utils.spec
+++ b/SPECS/shadow-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files
 Name: shadow-utils
 Version: 4.9
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 Epoch: 2
 License: BSD and GPLv2+
 URL: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libsubid.la
 %{_libdir}/libsubid.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul  3 2024 Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com> - 2:4.9-9
+- login.defs: Update SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS from 5000 to 100000. Resolves: RHEL-40195
+
 * Wed Jul 12 2023 Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com> - 2:4.9-8
 - gpasswd: fix password leak. Resolves: #2215948