diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 4741539..09296c0 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = linux
 	pkgdesc = Linux
-	pkgver = 6.9.5.arch1
+	pkgver = 6.9.6.arch1
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/archlinux/linux
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -21,24 +21,24 @@ pkgbase = linux
 	makedepends = texlive-latexextra
 	options = !debug
 	options = !strip
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.9.5.tar.xz
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.9.5.tar.sign
-	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.9.5-arch1/linux-v6.9.5-arch1.patch.zst
-	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.9.5-arch1/linux-v6.9.5-arch1.patch.zst.sig
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.9.6.tar.xz
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.9.6.tar.sign
+	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.9.6-arch1/linux-v6.9.6-arch1.patch.zst
+	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.9.6-arch1/linux-v6.9.6-arch1.patch.zst.sig
 	source = config
 	validpgpkeys = ABAF11C65A2970B130ABE3C479BE3E4300411886
 	validpgpkeys = 647F28654894E3BD457199BE38DBBDC86092693E
 	validpgpkeys = 83BC8889351B5DEBBB68416EB8AC08600F108CDF
-	sha256sums = a51fb4ab5003a6149bd9bf4c18c9b1f0f4945c272549095ab154b9d1052f95b1
+	sha256sums = 5d4366e2b89998f274abe03557ef3bc78b58e47fc62c102d51e6f49e5ed96b4b
 	sha256sums = SKIP
-	sha256sums = 72943f6a9c52126e85bec66edaf4e9338443f4b660b9639d5298d2b661c4b292
+	sha256sums = f11095f47da518ce4074be587438d30f424d98bcc5c59f7a1a8c00c58ddf5aa4
 	sha256sums = SKIP
-	sha256sums = 89ff6a9109faf89d94a96ecca79afb463af946eabc196c3a494595d599d47f68
-	b2sums = a120ee2517ff9bdc164a55cbd78929b545d77d8f3b4d09e8903ea9c2f1a85ef837b079524dd465b3f0cf268ee1f6db5166ccb5676ac67b31bca1927ea0a6997b
+	sha256sums = 7bdb1b3278286e6b54109187a49412c0474aa2855f9d054402e68d1423d0d76a
+	b2sums = 498da30f8f0c2c3812919eaca0dfa5679ab4517972182d2392e8833b9ca082b0d12777b6a35fd36228a21ac899ec4ee716e66b77e5625885415ccdab36cfb570
 	b2sums = SKIP
-	b2sums = fcc4a45448386f158b20487035037e03694901b63d77a3ce92906f5f7faaaf36346e540bebdb035f8fb42647632efa6d452d2fb52c97996bda81c3032d9fa055
+	b2sums = a7cfa3dec239f0118600526eb1ac00a762349fd3a8c3b18a277d917e0022c927ca6d954f78d0f87d8ee3e7ba1148b741215c4ce19948665dc836419fe90c7c79
 	b2sums = SKIP
-	b2sums = 59275c61c530d0bafb3866402d538fc8b4be0c88193bcaf6b378e88fa1fc9bf93a87dd73d7d4defb660b054403fa246fbcca14510fa7b36d71918cb5820ce10e
+	b2sums = aded483d056b2c62a288ca0bd3c5c08af36856cb2c23823813069e13f2174702bdd862755bc5b621a56448d455403583745f23b93f9eb08917d248c7ed056c04
 
 pkgname = linux
 	pkgdesc = The Linux kernel and modules
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 03205fb..cb5e177 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>
 
 pkgbase=linux
-pkgver=6.9.5.arch1
+pkgver=6.9.6.arch1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Linux'
 url='https://github.com/archlinux/linux'
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ validpgpkeys=(
   83BC8889351B5DEBBB68416EB8AC08600F108CDF  # Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
 )
 # https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256sums=('a51fb4ab5003a6149bd9bf4c18c9b1f0f4945c272549095ab154b9d1052f95b1'
+sha256sums=('5d4366e2b89998f274abe03557ef3bc78b58e47fc62c102d51e6f49e5ed96b4b'
             'SKIP'
-            '72943f6a9c52126e85bec66edaf4e9338443f4b660b9639d5298d2b661c4b292'
+            'f11095f47da518ce4074be587438d30f424d98bcc5c59f7a1a8c00c58ddf5aa4'
             'SKIP'
-            '89ff6a9109faf89d94a96ecca79afb463af946eabc196c3a494595d599d47f68')
-b2sums=('a120ee2517ff9bdc164a55cbd78929b545d77d8f3b4d09e8903ea9c2f1a85ef837b079524dd465b3f0cf268ee1f6db5166ccb5676ac67b31bca1927ea0a6997b'
+            '7bdb1b3278286e6b54109187a49412c0474aa2855f9d054402e68d1423d0d76a')
+b2sums=('498da30f8f0c2c3812919eaca0dfa5679ab4517972182d2392e8833b9ca082b0d12777b6a35fd36228a21ac899ec4ee716e66b77e5625885415ccdab36cfb570'
         'SKIP'
-        'fcc4a45448386f158b20487035037e03694901b63d77a3ce92906f5f7faaaf36346e540bebdb035f8fb42647632efa6d452d2fb52c97996bda81c3032d9fa055'
+        'a7cfa3dec239f0118600526eb1ac00a762349fd3a8c3b18a277d917e0022c927ca6d954f78d0f87d8ee3e7ba1148b741215c4ce19948665dc836419fe90c7c79'
         'SKIP'
-        '59275c61c530d0bafb3866402d538fc8b4be0c88193bcaf6b378e88fa1fc9bf93a87dd73d7d4defb660b054403fa246fbcca14510fa7b36d71918cb5820ce10e')
+        'aded483d056b2c62a288ca0bd3c5c08af36856cb2c23823813069e13f2174702bdd862755bc5b621a56448d455403583745f23b93f9eb08917d248c7ed056c04')
 
 export KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=archlinux
 export KBUILD_BUILD_USER=$pkgbase
diff --git a/config b/config
index 801e1ba..2f99467 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 6.9.5-arch1 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 6.9.6-arch1 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="gcc (GCC) 14.1.1 20240522"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y