diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 9f05140..e9c92bc 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = linux-vfio
 	pkgdesc = Linux
-	pkgver = 6.15.9
+	pkgver = 6.16.1
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://www.kernel.org
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ pkgbase = linux-vfio
 	makedepends = texlive-latexextra
 	options = !debug
 	options = !strip
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.15.9.tar.xz
-	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.15.9.tar.sign
-	source = config-6.15.9::https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux/-/raw/main/config
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.16.1.tar.xz
+	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.16.1.tar.sign
+	source = config-6.16.1::https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux/-/raw/main/config
 	source = 1001-6.14.0-add-acs-overrides.patch
 	source = 1002-6.14.0-i915-vga-arbiter.patch
-	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.15.9-arch1/linux-v6.15.9-arch1.patch.zst
-	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.15.9-arch1/linux-v6.15.9-arch1.patch.zst.sig
+	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.16.1-arch1/linux-v6.16.1-arch1.patch.zst
+	source = https://github.com/archlinux/linux/releases/download/v6.16.1-arch1/linux-v6.16.1-arch1.patch.zst.sig
 	validpgpkeys = ABAF11C65A2970B130ABE3C479BE3E4300411886
 	validpgpkeys = 647F28654894E3BD457199BE38DBBDC86092693E
 	validpgpkeys = 83BC8889351B5DEBBB68416EB8AC08600F108CDF
-	sha256sums = e94f3af85492302f7a819441458f80bca0ad9912e5a4c83c699ff3c63c52957d
+	sha256sums = ea43491bc7ace1e414b3b2d957f8cf96e7049155123f0acce798accf8da1acba
 	sha256sums = SKIP
 	sha256sums = SKIP
 	sha256sums = 6bca6264da6717402ec89ec5ed06b8997fe3df7a20a3a57eb5a85f64e12bc396
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 9ea7a94..001f5a5 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 : ${_build_level:=1}
 
-: ${_cksum:=e94f3af85492302f7a819441458f80bca0ad9912e5a4c83c699ff3c63c52957d}
+: ${_cksum=ea43491bc7ace1e414b3b2d957f8cf96e7049155123f0acce798accf8da1acba}
 
 unset _pkgtype
 [[ ${_build_vfio::1} == "t" ]] && _pkgtype+="-vfio"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ unset _pkgtype
 _gitname="linux"
 _pkgname="$_gitname${_pkgtype:-}"
 pkgbase="$_pkgname"
-pkgver=6.15.9
+pkgver=6.16.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Linux'
 url='https://www.kernel.org'
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ source=(
   "config-$pkgver"::"$_dl_url_arch/-/raw/$_srctag/config"
 )
 sha256sums=(
-  "${_cksum:?}"
+  "${_cksum:-SKIP}"
   'SKIP'
   'SKIP'
 )
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ validpgpkeys=(
   83BC8889351B5DEBBB68416EB8AC08600F108CDF # Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
 )
 
-if [[ ${_build_vfio::1} == "t" ]]; then
+if [[ "${_build_vfio::1}" == "t" ]]; then
   source+=(
     1001-6.14.0-add-acs-overrides.patch # updated from https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/30/513
     1002-6.14.0-i915-vga-arbiter.patch  # updated from https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/9/517
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if [[ ${_build_vfio::1} == "t" ]]; then
   )
 fi
 
-if [[ ${_build_arch_patch::1} == "t" ]]; then
+if [[ "${_build_arch_patch::1}" == "t" ]]; then
   [[ ${pkgver} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && _pkgver=${pkgver%.*}
 
   _dl_url_arch='https://github.com/archlinux/linux'
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if [[ ${_build_arch_patch::1} == "t" ]]; then
   )
 fi
 
-if [[ ${_build_clang::1} == "t" ]]; then
+if [[ "${_build_clang::1}" == "t" ]]; then
   makedepends+=(clang llvm lld)
 
   export LLVM=1
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ _prepare_extra() {
   # remove extra version suffix
   sed -E 's&^(EXTRAVERSION =).*$&\1&' -i Makefile
 
-  if [[ ${_build_clang::1} == "t" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${_build_clang::1}" == "t" ]]; then
     scripts/config --disable LTO_CLANG_FULL
     scripts/config --enable LTO_CLANG_THIN
   fi