diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
index 35242fa3b47c..ab5b7c04e9f6 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 = "6.6.8"; #zen
+    version = "6.6.9"; #zen
     suffix = "zen1"; #zen
-    sha256 = "1b7ji0zb0wbpl92zrjrqh69cm8n7vyq7a7smsww01agvr1nd8djc"; #zen
+    sha256 = "09vrkwyx4ri6ba48jfv8j4ssj0h0w2wgzqwwb8ribif1rkb59mw0"; #zen
     isLqx = false;
   };
   # ./update-zen.py lqx