diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index 7b08c933e..fa9f84133 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Thu Sep 25 2025 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.16.9-0]
+- Linux v6.16.9
+Resolves: 
+
 * Fri Sep 19 2025 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.16.8-0]
 - Linux v6.16.8
 Resolves: 
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index d6eaa6e49..ff301863b 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -162,18 +162,18 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 #  the --with-release option overrides this setting.)
 %define debugbuildsenabled 1
 # define buildid .local
-%define specrpmversion 6.16.8
-%define specversion 6.16.8
+%define specrpmversion 6.16.9
+%define specversion 6.16.9
 %define patchversion 6.16
 %define pkgrelease 100
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.16.8
+%define tarfile_release 6.16.9
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 16
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
 %define specrelease 100%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
-%define kabiversion 6.16.8
+%define kabiversion 6.16.9
 
 # If this variable is set to 1, a bpf selftests build failure will cause a
 # fatal kernel package build error
@@ -4360,6 +4360,9 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 25 2025 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.16.9-0]
+- Linux v6.16.9
+
 * Fri Sep 19 2025 Augusto Caringi <acaringi@redhat.com> [6.16.8-0]
 - Linux v6.16.8
 
diff --git a/patch-6.16-redhat.patch b/patch-6.16-redhat.patch
index 18a72db14..97783bf2d 100644
--- a/patch-6.16-redhat.patch
+++ b/patch-6.16-redhat.patch
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  35 files changed, 488 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 7594f35cbc2a5..578240696f9a2 100644
+index aef2cb6ea99d8..35127dee135b9 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
 @@ -355,6 +355,17 @@ ifneq ($(filter install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 49ae61ad1..d43abfea5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA512 (linux-6.16.8.tar.xz) = 1195354c3e9d45b2824fcef7b9a8f65988b881f1e2db162450691dd07801fc43d7a49123828450cf880bd4fc9093edc220719ec02eb6ba14adabb2df3d0f3073
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.16.8.tar.xz) = d53c52c01a0cec0609e20c0b961d866ecd6afd82cf240a84b797cc326b225e7a04da4a48949533cab64f3956f74bada4f7d2185ba859a0e3030ea2b212def9e7
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.16.8.tar.xz) = 0653b7a563d277e8164f74859821a44b6172978a80010a1d9b1b1d6ab5a5d81444362417f026aa3d4db169696a8d188e1479a75b97c87f949d1bbbb4c2aa6fb3
+SHA512 (linux-6.16.9.tar.xz) = 31866c4affdc680259df30e1712f53129e784c71c06d9e6bfd310cbbd08ba86f32b97cd8755f068b731273d150c4db5f7979a14866bcca05df71f2c2acdf2f24
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.16.9.tar.xz) = fe210d75fda86fd68aab13e0b0037b9847e63305f4cb70f12ce99b817b5c66f9439f43676b8b3589085478ae68afbf5fa3fec36dd5e46d7e972bec60e47eef5d
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.16.9.tar.xz) = 6a598d088d5a3ff971ef3da603bb437a51edb42cb2f410035d62b8142522db70181022df9a682719f03b46021adc6ee2f0374c5ae5885626de4fbe16a586ff35