diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
index 5aab18c2337a..5a11bdb50313 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ let
   # comments with variant added for update script
   # ./update-zen.py zen
   zenVariant = {
-    version = "6.0.12"; #zen
+    version = "6.1"; #zen
     suffix = "zen1"; #zen
-    sha256 = "16r393dl3xz79jdx9sz9c3qw4485xkdw66h5yi9s7306qw1f72na"; #zen
+    sha256 = "1xxn6hqq2j8l57hb32sqmfdlylzgy21g6fmra73zqql4vbx4r1nb"; #zen
     isLqx = false;
   };
   # ./update-zen.py lqx