diff --git a/changelog/updates/2024-03-07-linux-6.1.81-update.md b/changelog/updates/2024-03-07-linux-6.1.81-update.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.1.81](https://lwn.net/Articles/964562))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.1.80.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.1.81.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.1.80.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.1.81.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.1.80.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.1.81.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.1.80.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.1.81.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 9f0b228a8e..79ddb7de64 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-6.1.tar.xz 134728520 BLAKE2B ae60257860b2bd1bd708d183f0443afc60ebbd2b3d535c45e44c2e541bd0928530a3b62de6385dd4e4726ebbedcc0a871d4f3ffb4105b9f1f6d8ed7467f5688e SHA512 6ed2a73c2699d0810e54753715635736fc370288ad5ce95c594f2379959b0e418665cd71bc512a0273fe226fe90074d8b10d14c209080a6466498417a4fdda68
-DIST patch-6.1.80.xz 4174796 BLAKE2B 6e20ae1b476e65a8506b2aaab0dfae3eb9da2c7706a7289b75f687d25c8f5b6c3111ff2aef217ec2a7466626bc8e28ee0f5669a2370a84b33bb48b56ae4a8f8d SHA512 cf9b16a0c6d2207c3479f4f1a3dac0829a3099fa20ce17473b02665429549dc02c2fd9286a3155b91aa829df2661eb54cdb114194da571fb12079053782034c1
+DIST patch-6.1.81.xz 4246712 BLAKE2B d38fda09afe65a0c7eef32a1a9b89de021d94c2f53ea65b3b9d355c0295779851d237f0c63c402dd5967c1eb4e0f1c67a1b60f0182d409d35b726e4af230be04 SHA512 7b0e5f2029b026d6aaed1a0001ef612413bccf19caf639c8acd7658466c8902828eba610625f3dd77b6a50d93d52f017fcea441495a268f7b48e387ed954af05
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.1.80.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.1.81.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.1.80.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.1.81.ebuild