diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index e266cc0cd..939753a00 100644
--- a/Makefile.rhelver
+++ b/Makefile.rhelver
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RHEL_MINOR = 99
 #
 # Use this spot to avoid future merge conflicts.
 # Do not trim this comment.
-RHEL_RELEASE = 44
+RHEL_RELEASE = 45
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index 1306c3745..a523236d8 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Tue Apr 23 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.9.0-0.rc5.71b1543c83d6.45]
+- Linux v6.9.0-0.rc5.71b1543c83d6
+Resolves: 
+
 * Mon Apr 22 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.9.0-0.rc5.44]
 - fedora: aarch64: Enable a QCom Robotics platforms requirements (Peter Robinson)
 - fedora: updates for 6.9 merge window (Peter Robinson)
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index df299f388..0f02c97fc 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 6.9.0
 %define specversion 6.9.0
 %define patchversion 6.9
-%define pkgrelease 0.rc5.44
+%define pkgrelease 0.rc5.20240423git71b1543c83d6.45
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.9-rc5
+%define tarfile_release 6.9-rc5-31-g71b1543c83d6
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 9
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 0.rc5.44%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 0.rc5.20240423git71b1543c83d6.45%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
 %define kabiversion 6.9.0
 
@@ -3935,6 +3935,9 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 23 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.9.0-0.rc5.71b1543c83d6.45]
+- Linux v6.9.0-0.rc5.71b1543c83d6
+
 * Mon Apr 22 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.9.0-0.rc5.44]
 - fedora: aarch64: Enable a QCom Robotics platforms requirements (Peter Robinson)
 - fedora: updates for 6.9 merge window (Peter Robinson)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2b5c44b9c..7fbd4939a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.6.0.tar.bz2) = 4f917598056dee5e23814621ec96ff2e4a411c8c4ba9d56ecb01b23cb96431825bedbecfcbaac9338efbf5cb21694d85497fa0bf43e7c80d9cd10bc6dd144dbd
 SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.6.0.tar.bz2) = 19308cd976031d05e18ef7f5d093218acdb89446418bab0cd956ff12cf66369915b9e64bb66fa9f20939428a60e81884fec5be3529c6c7461738d6540d3cc5c6
-SHA512 (linux-6.9-rc5.tar.xz) = 4dddef634392d667a2aa9c5daa257045d2ac279be64d1f5e93a038104e5740cb5607eb15b7ff7ed924e5d29b9581be47a16e952c6d4b71e23245ee9c1bc8abed
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.9.0.tar.xz) = acb8c23a788098d0b02e14126ae034664edf12772833a8711d8ebe721a927bdc0587b0df2c776122b444113f01cb9325d91b18b55d1316f4188bce761f08d0e6
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.9.0.tar.xz) = 58707b74171732581f90a0b4d1d3f3684e05add8d59fdb0c30fa485987b4de0d1f4e608f7c42b613bc0b263cf3a8ae86baa09b655270cb7d425bf32eda88de4f
+SHA512 (linux-6.9-rc5-31-g71b1543c83d6.tar.xz) = f9ffa0f4d574a17520e6443fb8f3ffa87958af64eb80a05294d4d287a1d8bd3257792e2d8aef9060b392c6f7beee4df1d8d7ef3f54565a5a447f5126c47f9f7e
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.9.0.tar.xz) = 2380ab9d9fa334d7e078966cab360ebda4d38b502dbc683d58eaa08a92b8c70c80ff1057f33a48df415e40654f7727684898702c05b19959cafc20cfe80e68e7
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.9.0.tar.xz) = 371f46d27e80b0095bfcb5f5dab5bc6e97b2237957a3f4ab7898471307185ff749e9e7fcd5ffecced437b0f8acd9e5f5cda007dff122b1c3c4f82a5bc83a8239