diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 931d6835d..945b2fca7 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 = 54
+RHEL_RELEASE = 57
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 0220b1a3f..0f176e104 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 
 # Default compression algorithm
 %global compression xz
+%global compression_flags --compress
 %global compext xz
 %if %{zipmodules}
 %global zipsed -e 's/\.ko$/\.ko.%compext/'
@@ -162,13 +163,13 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 6.5.0
 %define specversion 6.5.0
 %define patchversion 6.5
-%define pkgrelease 0.rc7.20230825git4f9e7fabf864.54
+%define pkgrelease 57
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.5-rc7-104-g4f9e7fabf864
+%define tarfile_release 6.5
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 5
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 0.rc7.20230825git4f9e7fabf864.54%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 57%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
 %define kabiversion 6.5.0
 
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ Provides: installonlypkg(kernel)
 # List the packages used during the kernel build
 #
 BuildRequires: kmod, bash, coreutils, tar, git-core, which
-BuildRequires: bzip2, xz, findutils, m4, perl-interpreter, perl-Carp, perl-devel, perl-generators, make, diffutils, gawk
+BuildRequires: bzip2, xz, findutils, m4, perl-interpreter, perl-Carp, perl-devel, perl-generators, make, diffutils, gawk, %compression
 BuildRequires: gcc, binutils, redhat-rpm-config, hmaccalc, bison, flex, gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: net-tools, hostname, bc, elfutils-devel
 BuildRequires: dwarves
@@ -2115,7 +2116,7 @@ BuildKernel() {
     # NOTENOTE: checksums to the rpm metadata provides list.
     # NOTENOTE: if you change the symvers name, update the backend too
     echo "**** GENERATING kernel ABI metadata ****"
-    %compression -c9 < Module.symvers > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/symvers-$KernelVer.%compext
+    %compression --stdout %compression_flags < Module.symvers > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/symvers-$KernelVer.%compext
     cp $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/symvers-$KernelVer.%compext $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/symvers.%compext
 
 %if %{with_kabichk}
@@ -2824,7 +2825,7 @@ find Documentation -type d | xargs chmod u+w
   fi \
   if [ "%{zipmodules}" -eq "1" ]; then \
     echo "Compressing kernel modules ..." \
-    find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/ -type f -name '*.ko' | xargs -n 16 -P${RPM_BUILD_NCPUS} -r %compression; \
+    find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/ -type f -name '*.ko' | xargs -n 16 -P${RPM_BUILD_NCPUS} -r %compression %compression_flags; \
   fi \
 %{nil}
 
@@ -3713,6 +3714,16 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 28 2023 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.5.0-57.eln130]
+- Linux v6.5.0
+
+* Sun Aug 27 2023 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.5.0-0.rc7.28f20a19294d.56.eln130]
+- Linux v6.5.0-0.rc7.28f20a19294d
+
+* Sat Aug 26 2023 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.5.0-0.rc7.7d2f353b2682.55.eln130]
+- redhat/kernel.spec.template: update compression variables to support zstd (Brian Masney)
+- Linux v6.5.0-0.rc7.7d2f353b2682
+
 * Fri Aug 25 2023 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.5.0-0.rc7.4f9e7fabf864.54.eln130]
 - Linux v6.5.0-0.rc7.4f9e7fabf864
 
diff --git a/patch-6.5-redhat.patch b/patch-6.5-redhat.patch
index 0bd0411b5..c791c10ff 100644
--- a/patch-6.5-redhat.patch
+++ b/patch-6.5-redhat.patch
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ index 000000000000..effb81d04bfd
 +
 +endmenu
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 4739c21a63e2..0aa6a17b6941 100644
+index 2fdd8b40b7e0..42e68b77b932 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
 @@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ $(if $(filter __%, $(MAKECMDGOALS)), \
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1f9d0dc24..c873ebeda 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (linux-6.5-rc7-104-g4f9e7fabf864.tar.xz) = da12f37c3cc0b0965c376e72b0dbcab8e3e9270cab9342bab764c0e4b10b6e3879ec74d3fbec41b2e21c9097fda3a7e4de91f50d37a22a31d2e5cfea2e0e9786
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.5.0.tar.bz2) = 040282524a1797b4ecc1fe82439d08ea0cae6837bc5518fc28fa528a88fece1fe5c690ea5cf1f2ac195d8a6ec2fea53beb33abbdd74f9ed8d57cbf96384e8d96
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.5.0.tar.bz2) = 27b9085fc75e54c331fc4e54b17e7045cec83b8c399910697f0369fd21b655b7c8b84faef4c3aa41754a75c3cb867c5fc83d85bb766d752f737402c1c6a34ec5
+SHA512 (linux-6.5.tar.xz) = a95de013fcf667d300b38f9b8ec9b744b922404389437bd5508d33340a0de9e047d12525b70b5341cd760e7877761d59f7c89a44d15238365a2a033d5c85dd36
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.5.0.tar.bz2) = 2d661551aefa33068c871d35770648a90e4b3f11727d20f1c34c44a210e5e862b3a68a0b63e8923c2455467acffdc2b58f24f44def86387b589b35bc2a130035
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.5.0.tar.bz2) = 2ff74a4ec08bfdf01f32136206e657763212515d31babb5fe61e2d857e417d29a2b6a778c2eeb572d289c93df8d834c7ec419c464d9eb5b7d8fa0ef94a3a9d3a