diff --git a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch
index d4d3440..ea0c493 100644
--- a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch
@@ -669,12 +669,16 @@ index 0000000000..cdded4f906
 +.. _bcc : https://github.com/iovisor/bcc
 +.. _Trace Compass : https://www.eclipse.org/tracecompass/
 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
-index bc901efdb1..1caf9b1e63 100644
+index bc901efdb1..5c68bf7b7d 100644
 --- a/NEWS
 +++ b/NEWS
-@@ -1,3 +1,72 @@
-+v2.15.6 - xx xxx xxxx
+@@ -1,3 +1,76 @@
++v2.15.7 - xx xxx xxxx
 +---------------------
++
++v2.15.6 - 07 Oct 2022
++---------------------
++   - Bug fixes
 +   - DPDK:
 +     * OVS validated with DPDK 20.11.6.
 +       DPDK 20.11.6 requires a meson version of 0.48.1 or higher.
@@ -787,7 +791,7 @@ index 435685c93d..cbaee636b4 100644
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(
       [sparse],
 diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index fd82d7d270..4a4c7f477a 100644
+index fd82d7d270..2691412c41 100644
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
@@ -795,7 +799,7 @@ index fd82d7d270..4a4c7f477a 100644
  
  AC_PREREQ(2.63)
 -AC_INIT(openvswitch, 2.15.0, bugs@openvswitch.org)
-+AC_INIT(openvswitch, 2.15.6, bugs@openvswitch.org)
++AC_INIT(openvswitch, 2.15.7, bugs@openvswitch.org)
  AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([datapath/datapath.c])
  AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
@@ -1389,15 +1393,21 @@ index 4cce92f66c..bc18c56b81 100644
  #define nf_conntrack_in rpl_nf_conntrack_in
  #endif /* HAVE_NF_CONNTRACK_IN_TAKES_NF_HOOK_STATE */
 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
-index 1f2b7a3668..8ffbbd3114 100644
+index 1f2b7a3668..e503d30d92 100644
 --- a/debian/changelog
 +++ b/debian/changelog
-@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+@@ -1,3 +1,45 @@
++openvswitch (2.15.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
++   [ Open vSwitch team ]
++   * New upstream version
++
++ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:12:36 +0200
++
 +openvswitch (2.15.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
 +   [ Open vSwitch team ]
 +   * New upstream version
 +
-+ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:03:31 +0200
++ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:12:36 +0200
 +
 +openvswitch (2.15.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
 +   [ Open vSwitch team ]
@@ -98889,7 +98899,7 @@ index 88f4c7e28c..b59cba962a 100644
  
  #endif /* CT_DPIF_H */
 diff --git a/lib/daemon-unix.c b/lib/daemon-unix.c
-index ae59ecf2c2..34d45b82a1 100644
+index ae59ecf2c2..31db2d2c7c 100644
 --- a/lib/daemon-unix.c
 +++ b/lib/daemon-unix.c
 @@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ fork_and_wait_for_startup(int *fdp, pid_t *child_pid)
@@ -98900,6 +98910,15 @@ index ae59ecf2c2..34d45b82a1 100644
                  }
              } else if (retval < 0) {
                  VLOG_FATAL("waitpid failed (%s)", ovs_strerror(errno));
+@@ -392,6 +393,8 @@ monitor_daemon(pid_t daemon_pid)
+                 }
+ 
+                 log_received_backtrace(daemonize_fd);
++                close(daemonize_fd);
++                daemonize_fd = -1;
+ 
+                 /* Throttle restarts to no more than once every 10 seconds. */
+                 if (time(NULL) < last_restart + 10) {
 diff --git a/lib/dns-resolve.c b/lib/dns-resolve.c
 index d344514343..8bcecb90ce 100644
 --- a/lib/dns-resolve.c
@@ -110981,6 +111000,18 @@ index f0ad9f9793..cea48eb527 100644
  import errno
  import sys
  
+diff --git a/tests/test-vconn.c b/tests/test-vconn.c
+index fc8ce4a2c0..96c89bd4e6 100644
+--- a/tests/test-vconn.c
++++ b/tests/test-vconn.c
+@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ test_refuse_connection(struct ovs_cmdl_context *ctx)
+     error = vconn_connect_block(vconn, (TIMEOUT - 2) * 1000);
+     if (!strcmp(type, "tcp")) {
+         if (error != ECONNRESET && error != EPIPE && error != ETIMEDOUT
++            && error != ECONNREFUSED
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+             && error != WSAECONNRESET
+ #endif
 diff --git a/tests/tunnel-push-pop-ipv6.at b/tests/tunnel-push-pop-ipv6.at
 index 59723e63b8..c7665a1aeb 100644
 --- a/tests/tunnel-push-pop-ipv6.at
diff --git a/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec b/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec
index 973598e..9b828bd 100644
--- a/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec
+++ b/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Summary: Open vSwitch
 Group: System Environment/Daemons daemon/database/utilities
 URL: http://www.openvswitch.org/
 Version: 2.15.0
-Release: 123%{?dist}
+Release: 124%{?dist}
 
 # Nearly all of openvswitch is ASL 2.0.  The bugtool is LGPLv2+, and the
 # lib/sflow*.[ch] files are SISSL
@@ -702,6 +702,15 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 07 2022 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.15.0-124
+- Merging upstream branch-2.15 [RH git: a5332540ff]
+    Commit list:
+    af45645e13 Prepare for 2.15.7.
+    9b2e802075 Set release date for 2.15.6.
+    a8c92a2bbc daemon-unix: Fix file descriptor leak when monitor restarts child.
+    917f72a4a8 vconn: Allow ECONNREFUSED in refuse connection test.
+
+
 * Mon Oct 03 2022 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.15.0-123
 - Merging upstream branch-2.15 [RH git: 73cc21866f]
     Commit list: