diff --git a/changelog/updates/2024-07-16-linux-6.6.40-update.md b/changelog/updates/2024-07-16-linux-6.6.40-update.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.6.40](https://lwn.net/Articles/982050))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.39.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.40.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.39.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.40.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.39.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.40.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.39.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.40.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 7d03becea1..a0e0eea646 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-6.6.39.xz 2417252 BLAKE2B 573ba2859436c31791d8d0ab62093763d255ebb3392081623b7e38e854e283222ce591f8100a3688661e371b2645ae9e88ddd099c9c1797e8c9b6bab5b6b001e SHA512 b77d49ebac1fd77073a22f1f9443624b8a4b58619a05b39627a44cbd822808eb63ed11eb0214aebed5e8906ca476b8e881e9e3ec45e53a81d9a9f622493064b7
+DIST patch-6.6.40.xz 2417316 BLAKE2B 1e0fe072ac47b28a6807a33ca026d0472934465c38040e8190777fa99182106b69ab11cf68838d91e61905688bf5c440bd76357610c02fbc0845255442c547a3 SHA512 3c53fc7179a684a0bd7ae21a0ace2d0779f01b32b497d01496f2b4f0e7852ad5a8a840fffe8731d218373b6e42d62fc3fcba1f5a3ebf6bf4734571381b411e12
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.39.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.40.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.39.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.40.ebuild