diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 7b4c444d865e..828fa51a743b 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = linux-cachyos
 	pkgdesc = Linux BORE + LTO + AutoFDO + Propeller Cachy Sauce Kernel by CachyOS with other patches and improvements.
-	pkgver = 6.16.8
+	pkgver = 6.16.9
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ pkgbase = linux-cachyos
 	options = !strip
 	options = !debug
 	options = !lto
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.16.8.tar.xz
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.16.9.tar.xz
 	source = config
 	source = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cachyos/kernel-patches/master/6.16/all/0001-cachyos-base-all.patch
 	source = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cachyos/kernel-patches/master/6.16/misc/dkms-clang.patch
 	source = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cachyos/kernel-patches/master/6.16/sched/0001-bore-cachy.patch
-	b2sums = bef910dbda65c45d5b5722277aa1199aa09bf3684ed3703512c384becedc394fa35c8f0813ed21071ad4f9462fcd17e5b2080d165d785a1181dec6e0aee66303
+	b2sums = b511b1be8668ff8d07cd0b87416b8acb496d23cf448cb270db7380444a8f02d36ef3df732dfbf893c60d9e8f260891e47d2befa789f9f161034cc6daf615a523
 	b2sums = 9c48a38f5985523a35cf4d495ba3b06faa72d006194b16c30bb5b0f69fe5fd249244f39b8ce8f56437085a35ac341d91065055ce67cc26d8327c3d745f7a7079
-	b2sums = 06356360229123de607261705f64e6c7c1b903a48536161070a233121808c736407518b49b3088c13acdfecfda37ffcc21da216c67494293ec0846964005805b
+	b2sums = 3daf8e77a748e7733838213d7cb6a42f845c6951cf5327dfda0285390058295cf0961db96db75ddf8708fd79c6f4893e26598b5428334ea150fcb326dd6c2ddb
 	b2sums = c7294a689f70b2a44b0c4e9f00c61dbd59dd7063ecbe18655c4e7f12e21ed7c5bb4f5169f5aa8623b1c59de7b2667facb024913ecb9f4c650dabce4e8a7e5452
 	b2sums = 032384c26aab85ff40d9e51a995d7670ddb40f34342163e162f14c9c0fd521b6405585087666666defe30b170615f9c4cb8523f0ae81ef6cacf71349bb710710
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pkgname = linux-cachyos
 	provides = NTSYNC-MODULE
 	provides = VHBA-MODULE
 	provides = ADIOS-MODULE
-	provides = linux-cachyos-lto=6.16.8-1
+	provides = linux-cachyos-lto=6.16.9-1
 	replaces = linux-cachyos-lto
 
 pkgname = linux-cachyos-headers
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ pkgname = linux-cachyos-headers
 	depends = clang
 	depends = llvm
 	depends = lld
-	provides = linux-cachyos-lto-headers=6.16.8-1
+	provides = linux-cachyos-lto-headers=6.16.9-1
 	replaces = linux-cachyos-lto-headers
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 8116796e9763..6f09abb48246 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fi
 
 pkgbase="linux-$_pkgsuffix"
 _major=6.16
-_minor=8
+_minor=9
 #_minorc=$((_minor+1))
 #_rcver=rc8
 pkgver=${_major}.${_minor}
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
     }"
 done
 
-b2sums=('bef910dbda65c45d5b5722277aa1199aa09bf3684ed3703512c384becedc394fa35c8f0813ed21071ad4f9462fcd17e5b2080d165d785a1181dec6e0aee66303'
+b2sums=('b511b1be8668ff8d07cd0b87416b8acb496d23cf448cb270db7380444a8f02d36ef3df732dfbf893c60d9e8f260891e47d2befa789f9f161034cc6daf615a523'
         '9c48a38f5985523a35cf4d495ba3b06faa72d006194b16c30bb5b0f69fe5fd249244f39b8ce8f56437085a35ac341d91065055ce67cc26d8327c3d745f7a7079'
-        '06356360229123de607261705f64e6c7c1b903a48536161070a233121808c736407518b49b3088c13acdfecfda37ffcc21da216c67494293ec0846964005805b'
+        '3daf8e77a748e7733838213d7cb6a42f845c6951cf5327dfda0285390058295cf0961db96db75ddf8708fd79c6f4893e26598b5428334ea150fcb326dd6c2ddb'
         'c7294a689f70b2a44b0c4e9f00c61dbd59dd7063ecbe18655c4e7f12e21ed7c5bb4f5169f5aa8623b1c59de7b2667facb024913ecb9f4c650dabce4e8a7e5452'
         '032384c26aab85ff40d9e51a995d7670ddb40f34342163e162f14c9c0fd521b6405585087666666defe30b170615f9c4cb8523f0ae81ef6cacf71349bb710710')