diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 991e39e..3745556 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ KERNEL_MIN=5
 KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL=11
 # increment KREL for every published package release!
 # rebuild packages with new KREL and run 'make abiupdate'
-KREL=6
+KREL=7
 
 KERNEL_MAJMIN=$(KERNEL_MAJ).$(KERNEL_MIN)
 KERNEL_VER=$(KERNEL_MAJMIN).$(KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e5442aa..326ebeb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+proxmox-kernel-6.5 (6.5.11-7) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * update ZFS to 2.2.2 to make it easier for users to ensure we're not
+    affected by any recently uncovered data integrity issues (which got
+    already patched out earlier via backports).
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:44:02 +0100
+
 proxmox-kernel-6.5 (6.5.11-6) bookworm; urgency=medium
 
   * cherry-pick ZFS fix for (rare) dirty dnode data corruption bug