diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 159a24b..b1b6515 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /valkey-7.2.5.tar.gz
+/valkey-7.2.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh b/migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f8c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -f /etc/redis/redis.conf ]; then
+  cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/valkey/valkey.conf
+  mv /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf.rpmsave
+  chown valkey:root /etc/valkey/valkey.conf
+  sed -i 's|^dir\s.*|dir /var/lib/valkey|g' /etc/valkey/valkey.conf
+  echo "/etc/redis/redis.conf has been copied to /etc/valkey/valkey.conf.  Manual review of valkey.conf is strongly suggested especially if you had modified redis.conf."
+fi
+if [ -f /etc/redis/sentinel.conf ]; then
+  cp /etc/redis/sentinel.conf /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf
+  mv /etc/redis/sentinel.conf /etc/redis/sentinel.conf.rpmsave
+  chown valkey:root /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf
+  echo "/etc/redis/sentinel.conf has been copied to /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf.  Manual review of sentinel.conf is strongly suggested especially if you had modified sentinel.conf."
+fi
+if [ -d /var/lib/redis ]; then
+  # cp could take a while, and this is a one-way move anyway
+  mv /var/lib/redis/* /var/lib/valkey/
+  # don't leave garbage behind, plus we check if this dir exists when running this script
+  rm -rf /var/lib/redis
+  chown -R valkey. /var/lib/valkey
+  echo "On-disk redis dumps moved from /var/lib/redis/ to /var/lib/valkey"
+fi
+
+# TODO
+# 1. expand logic to read current redis conf for the dir setting.  same for sentinel conf.  if not stock /var/lib/redis, don't do the mv.  redis and sentinel may be using two different paths.
+
diff --git a/redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh b/redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ec632c..0000000
--- a/redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/valkey/valkey.conf
-cp /etc/redis/sentinel.conf /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf
-mv /var/lib/redis/* /var/lib/valkey/
-echo "/etc/redis/redis.conf has been copied to /etc/valkey/valkey.conf.  pidfile, logfile, and dir are overridden by the config at /etc/sysconfig/valkey.  Manual review of valkey.conf is strongly suggested especially if you had modified redis.conf."
-echo "/etc/redis/sentinel.conf has been copied to /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf.  pidfile, logfile, and dir are overridden by the config at /etc/sysconfig/valkey-sentinel.  Manual review of sentinel.conf is strongly suggested especially if you had modified sentinel.conf."
-echo "On-disk redis dumps moved from /var/lib/redis/ to /var/lib/valkey"
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9377bca..d3970b5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (valkey-7.2.5.tar.gz) = 0b684a5ffe045ce51bb2f4f76429928784b8b46ee4817a95b658ffd69313a90b3d0fb12e0ddbb0b4cb57a7e0c79072f603eb4524a9bcce96ecc9ae8f1a5f02c3
+SHA512 (valkey-7.2.6.tar.gz) = 99005b82ecbcdfde38ff823aff149b9f8c97052641b098a3197bab9fb6804b068a3ecedce11b99ef790af4ceb04c2eea25ba3ec37e39be6bb9382319933226af
diff --git a/valkey-limit-systemd b/valkey-limit-systemd
deleted file mode 100644
index a792937..0000000
--- a/valkey-limit-systemd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# If you need to change max open file limit
-# for example, when you change maxclient in configuration
-# you can change the LimitNOFILE value below.
-# See "man systemd.exec" for more information.
-
-# Slave nodes on large system may take lot of time to start.
-# You may need to uncomment TimeoutStartSec and TimeoutStopSec
-# directives below and raise their value.
-# See "man systemd.service" for more information.
-
-[Service]
-LimitNOFILE=10240
-#TimeoutStartSec=90s
-#TimeoutStopSec=90s
diff --git a/valkey-sentinel.service b/valkey-sentinel.service
index e9e6caa..36093e0 100644
--- a/valkey-sentinel.service
+++ b/valkey-sentinel.service
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
+# ensure var is set
+Environment=OPTIONS=
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/valkey-sentinel
-# moved $OPTIONS to start because the --dir option only overrides the config if it is passed before
-# the config to the binary.  I think this is a bug and will be reporting it upstream as all other
-# opts don't care about the order for the override to work
+# we must keep $OPTIONS and the env file as some older installs will still be using /etc/sysconfig/valkey-sentinel
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/valkey-sentinel /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf --daemonize no --supervised systemd $OPTIONS
 Type=notify
 User=valkey
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ Group=valkey
 RuntimeDirectory=valkey
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755
 
+# If you need to change max open file limit
+# for example, when you change maxclient in configuration
+# you can change the LimitNOFILE value below.
+# See "man systemd.exec" for more information.
+LimitNOFILE=10240
+
+# Slave nodes on large system may take lot of time to start.
+# You may need to uncomment TimeoutStartSec and TimeoutStopSec
+# directives below and raise their value.
+# See "man systemd.service" for more information.
+#TimeoutStartSec=90s
+#TimeoutStopSec=90s
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 
diff --git a/valkey-sentinel.sysconfig b/valkey-sentinel.sysconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 0203101..0000000
--- a/valkey-sentinel.sysconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-OPTIONS="--logfile /var/log/valkey/sentinel.log --unixsocket /var/run/valkey/sentinel.sock --pidfile /var/run/valkey/sentinel.pid"
diff --git a/valkey.service b/valkey.service
index 9ff10c3..827f5f2 100644
--- a/valkey.service
+++ b/valkey.service
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/valkey
+# ensure var is set
+Environment=OPTIONS=
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/valkey
-# moved $OPTIONS to start because the --dir option only overrides the config if it is passed before
-# the config to the binary.  I think this is a bug and will be reporting it upstream as all other
-# opts don't care about the order for the override to work
+# we must keep $OPTIONS and the env file as some older installs will still be using /etc/sysconfig/valkey
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/valkey-server /etc/valkey/valkey.conf --daemonize no --supervised systemd $OPTIONS
 Type=notify
 User=valkey
@@ -16,6 +17,19 @@ Group=valkey
 RuntimeDirectory=valkey
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755
 
+# If you need to change max open file limit
+# for example, when you change maxclient in configuration
+# you can change the LimitNOFILE value below.
+# See "man systemd.exec" for more information.
+LimitNOFILE=10240
+
+# Slave nodes on large system may take lot of time to start.
+# You may need to uncomment TimeoutStartSec and TimeoutStopSec
+# directives below and raise their value.
+# See "man systemd.service" for more information.
+#TimeoutStartSec=90s
+#TimeoutStopSec=90s
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 
diff --git a/valkey.spec b/valkey.spec
index 282f7a7..ec7cbd1 100644
--- a/valkey.spec
+++ b/valkey.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Tests fail in mock, not in local build.
-%bcond_with        tests
+%bcond_without     tests
 
 Name:              valkey
-Version:           7.2.5
-Release:           4%{?dist}
+Version:           7.2.6
+Release:           1%{?dist}
 Summary:           A persistent key-value database
 # valkey: BSD-3-Clause
 # hiredis: BSD-3-Clause
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ Source1:           %{name}.logrotate
 Source2:           %{name}-sentinel.service
 Source3:           %{name}.service
 Source4:           %{name}.sysusers
-# could have pulled this out of unpacked sources but
-# our copy has additional options pre-programmed in
-Source5:           %{name}-limit-systemd
-Source6:           %{name}.sysconfig
-Source7:           %{name}-sentinel.sysconfig
 Source8:           macros.%{name}
-Source9:           redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh
+Source9:           migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
 
 BuildRequires:     make
 BuildRequires:     gcc
@@ -36,10 +31,6 @@ BuildRequires:     systemd-devel
 BuildRequires:     systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:     openssl-devel
 Requires:          logrotate
-Requires(pre):     shadow-utils
-Requires(post):    systemd
-Requires(preun):   systemd
-Requires(postun):  systemd
 # from deps/hiredis/hiredis.h
 Provides:          bundled(hiredis) = 1.0.3
 # from deps/jemalloc/VERSION
@@ -94,16 +85,19 @@ Provides:          %{name}-static = %{version}-%{release}
 Header file required for building loadable Valkey modules.
 
 
-%package           compat
+%package           compat-redis
 Summary:           Conversion script and compatibility symlinks for Redis
-Requires:          valkey
-Conflicts:         redis
-# if change proposal is approved
-#%if 0%%{?fedora} > 40
-#Obsoletes:         redis <= 7.2.4
-#%endif
+Requires:          valkey = %{version}-%{release}
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 40 || 0%{?rhel} > 9
+Obsoletes:         redis < 7.4
+Provides:          redis = %{version}-%{release}
+%else
+Conflicts:         redis < 7.4
+%endif
+BuildArch:         noarch
 
-%description       compat
+
+%description       compat-redis
 %summary
 
 
@@ -134,6 +128,22 @@ if test "$api" != "%{valkey_modules_abi}"; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+
+sed -i -e 's|^logfile .*$|logfile /var/log/valkey/valkey.log|g' \
+  -e 's|^# unixsocket .*$|unixsocket /run/valkey/valkey.sock|g' \
+  -e 's|^pidfile .*$|pidfile /run/valkey/valkey.pid|g' \
+  valkey.conf
+
+sed -i -e 's|^logfile .*$|logfile /var/log/valkey/sentinel.log|g' \
+  -e 's|^pidfile .*$|pidfile /run/valkey/sentinel.pid|g' \
+  sentinel.conf
+
+%if (%{defined fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < 42) || (%{defined rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 10)
+# these lines are for conditionals around sysconfig to valkey.conf porting scriptlets to avoid re-runs
+echo '# valkey_rpm_conf' >> valkey.conf
+echo '# valkey-sentinel_rpm_conf' >> sentinel.conf
+%endif
+
 %global make_flags DEBUG="" V="echo" PREFIX=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD=yes BUILD_TLS=yes
 
 %build
@@ -166,10 +176,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -pm644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -pm644 %{S:2} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 
-# Install systemd limit files
-install -p -D -m 644 %{S:5} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{name}.service.d/limit.conf
-install -p -D -m 644 %{S:5} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{name}-sentinel.service.d/limit.conf
-
 # Fix non-standard-executable-perm error.
 chmod 755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}-*
 
@@ -180,19 +186,17 @@ install -pDm644 src/%{name}module.h %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}module.h
 #mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}
 install -pDm644 %{S:8} %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.%{name}
 
-# Install sysconfig files
-install -Dpm 644 %{S:6} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}
-install -Dpm 644 %{S:7} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}-sentinel
-
 # compat script
-install -Dpm 755 %{S:9} %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh
+install -Dpm 755 %{S:9} %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
 
 
 %check
 %if %{with tests}
 # https://github.com/redis/redis/issues/1417 (for "taskset -c 1")
-taskset -c 1 make %{make_flags} test
-make %{make_flags} test-sentinel
+taskset -c 1 ./runtest --skiptest "Active defrag - AOF loading"
+
+# sentinel tests fail in mock, but we want the normal tests above
+#./runtest-sentinel
 %endif
 
 %pre
@@ -204,8 +208,8 @@ make %{make_flags} test-sentinel
 %systemd_post %{name}-sentinel.service
 
 
-%post compat
-%{_libexecdir}/redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh
+%post compat-redis
+%{_libexecdir}/migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
 
 
 %preun
@@ -237,14 +241,8 @@ make %{make_flags} test-sentinel
 %{_bindir}/%{name}-*
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}.service
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}-sentinel.service
-%dir %{_unitdir}/%{name}.service.d
-%{_unitdir}/%{name}.service.d/limit.conf
-%dir %{_unitdir}/%{name}-sentinel.service.d
-%{_unitdir}/%{name}-sentinel.service.d/limit.conf
 %dir %attr(0755, valkey, valkey) %ghost %{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}
 %{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.conf
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}-sentinel
 
 
 %files devel
@@ -254,12 +252,20 @@ make %{make_flags} test-sentinel
 %{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.%{name}
 
 
-%files compat
-%{_libexecdir}/redisconf_to_valkeyconf.sh
+%files compat-redis
+%{_libexecdir}/migrate_redis_to_valkey.sh
 %{_bindir}/redis-*
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug  6 2024 Remi Collet <rcollet@redhat.com> - 7.2.6.1
+- rebase to 7.2.6
+- merge limit.conf in main service files
+- drop /etc/sysconfig/valkey
+- rename compat package
+- fix working dir
+- partially enable upstream test suite
+
 * Mon Jun 24 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 7.2.5-4
 - Bump release for June 2024 mass rebuild
 
diff --git a/valkey.sysconfig b/valkey.sysconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 622bdc6..0000000
--- a/valkey.sysconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-OPTIONS="--logfile /var/log/valkey/valkey.log --dir /var/lib/valkey --unixsocket /var/run/valkey/valkey.sock --pidfile /var/run/valkey/valkey.pid"