diff --git a/changelog/updates/2025-07-11-linux-6.6.97-update.md b/changelog/updates/2025-07-11-linux-6.6.97-update.md
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+++ b/changelog/updates/2025-07-11-linux-6.6.97-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.6.97](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.6.97))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.97.ebuild
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rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.97.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.97.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.97.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.97.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.97.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 42c158ec7a2..de4ea03759e 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-6.6.96.xz 4574068 BLAKE2B 047878c4c04057b9d2f342850cbc41d0dc326dc9ad7421500cefc6e8c32a3a769b0f069f6348d1ea0663cf8274e6048a52d900cf48cd18c5cfe3e9808c5133e8 SHA512 dce4c83f605f189c8bf2fe0c96118ed56d5d686a145605d125e532e78417076f84a7d85e7b8bdc71d7b3c0c7594a82403d7a9231e61f88ee61a05b43adfb98ff
+DIST patch-6.6.97.xz 4603752 BLAKE2B 5562f1de3aa015d670582b22ee3c8767258b28a150180106670993f7c4305293cdb3ad7ba80bc385bd6bffb90d6082ce3309ebc821481433a29809eca0a707a7 SHA512 cfdd3ffa11b598278031a62c39462a1a4ce46dd3edc1e104db101ef37f614875408fa89880eb91ddd4c64e63166aba603f25fe2633d297b170881006f56cea64
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.97.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.97.ebuild