diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38e83f1253..6e0aa90b1d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ TOOLS ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/tools:v1.9.0-1-geaad82f
 DEBUG_TOOLS_SOURCE := scratch
 
 PKGS_PREFIX ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs
-PKGS ?= v1.9.0-5-g5d559d0
+PKGS ?= v1.9.0-6-gabba1d8
 EXTRAS ?= v1.9.0
 
 KRES_IMAGE ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/kres:latest
diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index dd1372045c..f1c8b422be 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ preface = """
     [notes.updates]
         title = "Component Updates"
         description = """\
-* Linux: 6.12.3
+* Linux: 6.12.4
 * containerd: 2.0.0
 * Flannel: 0.26.1
 * Kubernetes: 1.32.0-rc.1
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
index 9cef83902c..6e76a357fa 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// DefaultKernelVersion is the default Linux kernel version.
-	DefaultKernelVersion = "6.12.3-talos"
+	DefaultKernelVersion = "6.12.4-talos"
 
 	// KernelModulesPath is the default path to the kernel modules without the kernel version.
 	KernelModulesPath = "/lib/modules"
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
index 25910c7fd7..18cd1e1fc5 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
+++ b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.9.0-5-g5d559d0
\ No newline at end of file
+v1.9.0-6-gabba1d8
\ No newline at end of file