diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 65ae6de..36afd6c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # also bump pve-kernel-meta if either of MAJ.MIN, PATCHLEVEL or KREL change
-KERNEL_MAJ=5
-KERNEL_MIN=19
-KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL=17
+KERNEL_MAJ=6
+KERNEL_MIN=1
+KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL=0
 # increment KREL if the ABI changes (abicheck target in debian/rules)
 # rebuild packages with new KREL and run 'make abiupdate'
 KREL=1
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f0539ee..8ff9338 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+pve-kernel (6.1.0-1) bullseye; urgency=medium
+
+  * update to Ubuntu-6.1.0-1.1 based on upstram v6.1
+
+  * update ZFS to 2.1.6
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:08:53 +0100
+
 pve-kernel (5.19.17-1) bullseye; urgency=medium
 
   * update to Ubuntu-5.19.0-24.25