diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 3606a7785..1805083e6 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 = 12
+RHEL_RELEASE = 13
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config
index 98476ae86..8b7be587b 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config
@@ -3260,7 +3260,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM=y
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config
index 471de35be..4f735567d 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config
@@ -3239,7 +3239,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM=y
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config
index 0b0f27bdb..cda7e39cc 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config
@@ -3256,7 +3256,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM=y
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config
index 54239c63c..34442a970 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config
@@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM=y
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config
index 5de0814f5..0ed413113 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config
@@ -3296,7 +3296,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM=y
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config
index 86fadbaa7..277611a32 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config
@@ -3275,7 +3275,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM=y
diff --git a/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config
index de6bea91b..678181aab 100644
--- a/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_XICS=y
diff --git a/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config b/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config
index 1f2a6be97..1101b6255 100644
--- a/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config
@@ -2926,7 +2926,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_XICS=y
diff --git a/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config
index 833a97cae..fdda163af 100644
--- a/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_S390_UCONTROL is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel-s390x-rhel.config b/kernel-s390x-rhel.config
index a5a77baba..0bde976a6 100644
--- a/kernel-s390x-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-s390x-rhel.config
@@ -2904,7 +2904,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_S390_UCONTROL is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config b/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config
index 993797767..5c106cd08 100644
--- a/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_S390_UCONTROL is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config
index dbd5af854..74ecaae97 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config
@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_MMU_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config
index bbdbaa800..eb307cc26 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_MMU_AUDIT=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config
index 398c9881c..c83629818 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config
@@ -3165,7 +3165,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_MMU_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU=y
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config
index 74da52a27..7d87aeccc 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config
@@ -3145,7 +3145,7 @@ CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
 CONFIG_KVM_MMU_AUDIT=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_PROVE_MMU is not set
 CONFIG_KVM_SMM=y
-# CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM is not set
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
 # CONFIG_KVM_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_XEN is not set
 # CONFIG_KXCJK1013 is not set
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index 904067bfb..a97e3f558 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+* Wed Jan 24 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc1.615d30064886.13]
+- CI: include aarch64 in CKI container image gating (Tales Aparecida)
+- redhat: spec: Fix update_scripts run for CentOS builds (Neal Gompa)
+- Linux v6.8.0-0.rc1.615d30064886
+Resolves: 
+
 * Tue Jan 23 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc1.7ed2632ec7d7.12]
 - New configs in drivers/crypto (Fedora Kernel Team)
 - net: bump CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS to 45 (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner)
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index e49bc60ab..fa2d1d395 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 6.8.0
 %define specversion 6.8.0
 %define patchversion 6.8
-%define pkgrelease 0.rc1.20240123git7ed2632ec7d7.12
+%define pkgrelease 0.rc1.20240124git615d30064886.13
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.8-rc1-26-g7ed2632ec7d7
+%define tarfile_release 6.8-rc1-29-g615d30064886
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 8
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 0.rc1.20240123git7ed2632ec7d7.12%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 0.rc1.20240124git615d30064886.13%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
 %define kabiversion 6.8.0
 
@@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@ update_target=%{primary_target}
 if [ "%{primary_target}" == "rhel" ]; then
 : # no-op to avoid empty if-fi error
 %if 0%{?centos}
+  update_scripts $update_target
   echo "Updating scripts/sources to centos version"
   update_target=centos
 %endif
@@ -3767,6 +3768,11 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 24 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc1.615d30064886.13]
+- CI: include aarch64 in CKI container image gating (Tales Aparecida)
+- redhat: spec: Fix update_scripts run for CentOS builds (Neal Gompa)
+- Linux v6.8.0-0.rc1.615d30064886
+
 * Tue Jan 23 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc1.7ed2632ec7d7.12]
 - New configs in drivers/crypto (Fedora Kernel Team)
 - net: bump CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS to 45 (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 52ea60184..0a3419954 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-6.8-rc1-26-g7ed2632ec7d7.tar.xz) = c41a844a093592952b2e62dba6aa5459aef9051149997bb6d03250c3581ecd04e383fa72ff9e3f97c486e9e9574e1decf36e5cc4f26bb2e08427383c993218ad
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.8.0.tar.xz) = eebf956e1d100378170ef887ad38516dd0b5e580cfaf8b6554a15e96e016c812c9f4b2321183be083bea2ef0fed1c7715828b7e7ba0868effb26f4e3c15850fa
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.8.0.tar.xz) = f9b17f164fab6518afbe3db7c6ab3feeeea5af5aa27a0fe259d017cd0a0e1a600fbb445495d251bc5e90cadfaaebabd05f18ffdd7e66f8bd8f8b8ebc6bf1ac96
+SHA512 (linux-6.8-rc1-29-g615d30064886.tar.xz) = eab9bbeebaf82000e53e564f2fdc745e1831e071b3998478f043b2bd37659c3251e16e732836bf16d2b71d46b8a3adb035e3b8e5ce33d0ff7d6c8f341267a72b
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.8.0.tar.xz) = dd8aed630808e7602001294d52c1ae2eb63a5a6aab63d20889afcf30202a83d90c8684dacc6e151dc093832444d9b90998b7eb2805b016687d443c797e3f3104
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.8.0.tar.xz) = 05598cc6323673a054796a0f579a5094e8447076f4df9c9dcf9bd323bef58bc8c97c110edc023fff0e18d2747962d21ce7db35a10554ee881a468f33a91de649