diff --git a/changelog/updates/2025-12-07-linux-6.12.61-update.md b/changelog/updates/2025-12-07-linux-6.12.61-update.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ee29616433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/updates/2025-12-07-linux-6.12.61-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.12.61](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.12.61))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.60.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.61.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.60.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.61.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.60.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.61.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.60.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.61.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.60.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.61.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.60.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.61.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 ba68cf08ce4..c3b7c480800 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 @@
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-DIST patch-6.12.60.xz 3340176 BLAKE2B 4bba3b136922e2e60bc7565112938abef76e18c84729969f2868caf43bf3afaf8c20d2e600a1e2cf987551c83a233367dca6a0254cf8637cc134960ba2618a4f SHA512 fdd7dce9736c87bb25b966091c133ef37bf257ffc34c1909e6809fa674b2047cba801f8b6430b3087a1569326e9d8d9b41bda914ee186f5d8d65c3df4d8f3777
+DIST patch-6.12.61.xz 3501360 BLAKE2B 4863a9677f889e9cfb200617299e3016d24000c383300e6d6382c0e190f5eb12ec4d3523a229086ccde13c0e36b4e6bdd972bdd94d238e7cd8e2a0d4b98a09ac SHA512 c13f0b5e6c5591582187b54236cf981a5214904ccbc309e94e996b048283d7f301f2ab38fc9c584ad6c2c9ec0dd94f73bb099d64c4e31514787fec975dc0818a
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.60.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.61.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.60.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.61.ebuild