diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 4cf218142904..4c04e92f5688 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = linux-cachyos-bore
 	pkgdesc = Linux BORE + Cachy Sauce scheduler Kernel by CachyOS with other patches and improvements
-	pkgver = 6.16.7
+	pkgver = 6.16.8
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ pkgbase = linux-cachyos-bore
 	options = !strip
 	options = !debug
 	options = !lto
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.16.7.tar.xz
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.16.8.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/sched/0001-bore-cachy.patch
-	b2sums = 5a88c591468ab2afc708475c76b87c1028c184208c0c4c9c4f7fb481b5e724bdd3ef7a0c9f46d079009832010cd3131a5dbe6902e970359a0fde9a820bf76a04
+	b2sums = bef910dbda65c45d5b5722277aa1199aa09bf3684ed3703512c384becedc394fa35c8f0813ed21071ad4f9462fcd17e5b2080d165d785a1181dec6e0aee66303
 	b2sums = 9c48a38f5985523a35cf4d495ba3b06faa72d006194b16c30bb5b0f69fe5fd249244f39b8ce8f56437085a35ac341d91065055ce67cc26d8327c3d745f7a7079
-	b2sums = 776cd6368077a6504e781b2a5db3c9b82b1b0fa496bef9f24ba417dfea0d192bf9664f0dcce9822050f6bf064f991ea3883683536f74a808c3b76d4bfa364028
-	b2sums = c7f5b2e6c1f95ec961666c338057501a41f3e8de584f0985021b4c5c0ce5ddf738b56f2c50fe33d879a9cddd2236c26fb995c03445cab93580379d2e2c4669cc
+	b2sums = 06356360229123de607261705f64e6c7c1b903a48536161070a233121808c736407518b49b3088c13acdfecfda37ffcc21da216c67494293ec0846964005805b
+	b2sums = 032384c26aab85ff40d9e51a995d7670ddb40f34342163e162f14c9c0fd521b6405585087666666defe30b170615f9c4cb8523f0ae81ef6cacf71349bb710710
 
 pkgname = linux-cachyos-bore
 	pkgdesc = The Linux BORE + Cachy Sauce scheduler Kernel by CachyOS with other patches and improvements kernel and modules
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 09073a8f32a3..63f653649c93 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fi
 
 pkgbase="linux-$_pkgsuffix"
 _major=6.16
-_minor=7
+_minor=8
 #_minorc=$((_minor+1))
 #_rcver=rc8
 pkgver=${_major}.${_minor}
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
     }"
 done
 
-b2sums=('5a88c591468ab2afc708475c76b87c1028c184208c0c4c9c4f7fb481b5e724bdd3ef7a0c9f46d079009832010cd3131a5dbe6902e970359a0fde9a820bf76a04'
+b2sums=('bef910dbda65c45d5b5722277aa1199aa09bf3684ed3703512c384becedc394fa35c8f0813ed21071ad4f9462fcd17e5b2080d165d785a1181dec6e0aee66303'
         '9c48a38f5985523a35cf4d495ba3b06faa72d006194b16c30bb5b0f69fe5fd249244f39b8ce8f56437085a35ac341d91065055ce67cc26d8327c3d745f7a7079'
-        '776cd6368077a6504e781b2a5db3c9b82b1b0fa496bef9f24ba417dfea0d192bf9664f0dcce9822050f6bf064f991ea3883683536f74a808c3b76d4bfa364028'
-        'c7f5b2e6c1f95ec961666c338057501a41f3e8de584f0985021b4c5c0ce5ddf738b56f2c50fe33d879a9cddd2236c26fb995c03445cab93580379d2e2c4669cc')
+        '06356360229123de607261705f64e6c7c1b903a48536161070a233121808c736407518b49b3088c13acdfecfda37ffcc21da216c67494293ec0846964005805b'
+        '032384c26aab85ff40d9e51a995d7670ddb40f34342163e162f14c9c0fd521b6405585087666666defe30b170615f9c4cb8523f0ae81ef6cacf71349bb710710')