diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1be4c6b..d8934d8 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=6
 KERNEL_MIN=1
-KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL=2
+KERNEL_PATCHLEVEL=6
 # 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 117718c..3e5f3b5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+pve-kernel (6.1.6-1) bullseye; urgency=medium
+
+  * update ZFS to 2.1.9
+
+  * update to Ubuntu-6.1.0-14.14 based on upstream 6.1.6
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Sat, 28 Jan 2023 15:05:09 +0100
+
 pve-kernel (6.1.2-1) bullseye; urgency=medium
 
   * backport ZFS compat fixes for Linux 6.1 w.r.t. a OTMPFILE open syscall