diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b47137c..2311a2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ KERNEL_MIN=2
 KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL=16
 # increment KREL for every published package release!
 # rebuild packages with new KREL and run 'make abiupdate'
-KREL=17
+KREL=18
 
 KERNEL_MAJMIN=$(KERNEL_MAJ).$(KERNEL_MIN)
 KERNEL_VER=$(KERNEL_MAJMIN).$(KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 621e16b..7218ea5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-proxmox-kernel-6.2 (6.2.16-17) bookworm; urgency=medium
+proxmox-kernel-6.2 (6.2.16-18) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * backport fix for AMD erratum #1485 on Zen4-based CPUs to avoid triggering
+    undefined instruction expections when disabling all, or certain security
+    mitigations, like using the "mitigations=off" kernel command line
+    parameter
 
   * backport ZFS fix to avoid crashes and hangs if used on modern Intel HW
     like the Xeon Scalable 4th Gen "Sapphire Rapids" CPUs due to a HW bug as
     per Intel SPR erratum SPR4
 
- -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:13:16 +0200
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:05:18 +0200
 
 proxmox-kernel-6.2 (6.2.16-16) bookworm; urgency=medium