diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 2e7d6171ea0f..ef73ac03f4d5 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -8039,6 +8039,12 @@
     githubId = 854319;
     name = "Matt McHenry";
   };
+  jerrysm64 = {
+    email = "jerry.starke@icloud.com";
+    github = "jerrysm64";
+    githubId = 42114389;
+    name = "Jerry Starke";
+  };
   jeschli = {
     email = "jeschli@gmail.com";
     github = "0mbi";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
index 2006b8f1e6d7..9e00a9d91f7f 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 = "6.5.5"; #zen
-    suffix = "zen1"; #zen
-    sha256 = "069hxkww14dpz7k5hd93qnv6clc0dkpd3ncf1wzr5k84a0i9syj8"; #zen
+    version = "6.5.6"; #zen
+    suffix = "zen2"; #zen
+    sha256 = "0q7zk9r8qp88sg6h9kig1f55h5xl0wyp13d57cpi5s5xa8w3l8wa"; #zen
     isLqx = false;
   };
   # ./update-zen.py lqx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ let
 
     extraMeta = {
       branch = lib.versions.majorMinor version + "/master";
-      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thiagokokada ];
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thiagokokada jerrysm64 ];
       description = "Built using the best configuration and kernel sources for desktop, multimedia, and gaming workloads." +
         lib.optionalString isLqx " (Same as linux_zen, but less aggressive release schedule and additional extra config)";
       broken = stdenv.isAarch64;