diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index cbe4e4d9020e..e28f3648f909 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = linux-cachyos-eevdf
 	pkgdesc = Linux EEVDF scheduler + Cachy Sauce Kernel by CachyOS with other patches and improvements
-	pkgver = 6.18.8
+	pkgver = 6.18.9
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/CachyOS/linux-cachyos
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ pkgbase = linux-cachyos-eevdf
 	options = !strip
 	options = !debug
 	options = !lto
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.18.8.tar.xz
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.18.9.tar.xz
 	source = config
 	source = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cachyos/kernel-patches/master/6.18/all/0001-cachyos-base-all.patch
-	b2sums = 9434b32e65e42c8663233d6ca4a7fe4fcbcc8fe2f5b0ba1c3a0bf602c0156009ecce4aef8cb6ed9435bc9b4f14cb4f5be8b5b8ea80f64b1dc2c9d4ad0faf5b4e
+	b2sums = 9aed902e41583597cb7595efe77504630a621993d20f89365a93cf2ea4d9790a6361d93cbb7fd7603881a4f82b76394b7e12fb4e4a88c9fedb2d63d64a9d49d3
 	b2sums = 81fafd3adcaf3b690d8d4791693e68c7ae921d103ebfd70e8d0ae15cd05ecde5e6672ae43c3a7875686d883c1f5b82d2c8b37b40aee8dcb0563913f9dd6469b6
 	b2sums = 39e1bc95e388c10c4fd923965dbddee9c2c42aa721220d857f0fc9c64e6c000bb0cfc9173b569b39d46c8fe41f53584ed6b01d5842d424b2b69ba092feeca798
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 815dcc9e7d7a..6f98c6b990e5 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fi
 
 pkgbase="linux-$_pkgsuffix"
 _major=6.18
-_minor=8
+_minor=9
 #_minorc=$((_minor+1))
 #_rcver=rc8
 pkgver=${_major}.${_minor}
@@ -693,6 +693,6 @@ for _p in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
     }"
 done
 
-b2sums=('9434b32e65e42c8663233d6ca4a7fe4fcbcc8fe2f5b0ba1c3a0bf602c0156009ecce4aef8cb6ed9435bc9b4f14cb4f5be8b5b8ea80f64b1dc2c9d4ad0faf5b4e'
+b2sums=('9aed902e41583597cb7595efe77504630a621993d20f89365a93cf2ea4d9790a6361d93cbb7fd7603881a4f82b76394b7e12fb4e4a88c9fedb2d63d64a9d49d3'
         '81fafd3adcaf3b690d8d4791693e68c7ae921d103ebfd70e8d0ae15cd05ecde5e6672ae43c3a7875686d883c1f5b82d2c8b37b40aee8dcb0563913f9dd6469b6'
         '39e1bc95e388c10c4fd923965dbddee9c2c42aa721220d857f0fc9c64e6c000bb0cfc9173b569b39d46c8fe41f53584ed6b01d5842d424b2b69ba092feeca798')