diff --git a/changelog/updates/2025-07-07-linux-6.6.96-update.md b/changelog/updates/2025-07-07-linux-6.6.96-update.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.6.96](https://lwn.net/Articles/1028829/))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.95.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.96.ebuild
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rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.95.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.96.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.95.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.96.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.95.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.96.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.95.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.96.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.95.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.96.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest
index 819b84cdd3..42c158ec7a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 DIST linux-6.6.tar.xz 140064536 BLAKE2B 5f02fd8696d42f7ec8c5fbadec8e7270bdcfcb1f9844a6c4db3e1fd461c93ce1ccda650ca72dceb4890ebcbbf768ba8fba0bce91efc49fbd2c307b04e95665f2 SHA512 458b2c34d46206f9b4ccbac54cc57aeca1eaecaf831bc441e59701bac6eadffc17f6ce24af6eadd0454964e843186539ac0d63295ad2cc32d112b60360c39a35
-DIST patch-6.6.95.xz 4545076 BLAKE2B 469b988b7ab414ca657b69079a3452b8785aa633955325776cd98e1ef4f3c0f2f7f9c00395f4da0153d9fcdead3392ab23c9f24b0c8dcb6d33f54463b187e805 SHA512 21dad3b47ea6047f9817907c085242dbfc77b2e5215ab365798771537465decabde4924d9b2f3b924886ded7b3bb29dd55b9e11253c5e56bbde3c6475b76d60b
+DIST patch-6.6.96.xz 4574068 BLAKE2B 047878c4c04057b9d2f342850cbc41d0dc326dc9ad7421500cefc6e8c32a3a769b0f069f6348d1ea0663cf8274e6048a52d900cf48cd18c5cfe3e9808c5133e8 SHA512 dce4c83f605f189c8bf2fe0c96118ed56d5d686a145605d125e532e78417076f84a7d85e7b8bdc71d7b3c0c7594a82403d7a9231e61f88ee61a05b43adfb98ff
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.95.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.96.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.95.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.96.ebuild