diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d89b32fd96..b3ea83e93e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ NAME = Talos
 CLOUD_IMAGES_EXTRA_ARGS ?= ""
 
 ARTIFACTS := _out
-TOOLS ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/tools:v1.6.0-1-g336d248
-PKGS ?= v1.6.0-9-g8fa73db
+TOOLS ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/tools:v1.6.0-2-g5e034ec
+PKGS ?= v1.6.0-12-g0078a66
 PKG_KERNEL ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/kernel:$(PKGS)
 EXTRAS ?= v1.6.0-1-g113887a
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=golang/go
diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index d0529e480d..fc3935afcc 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ preface = """\
     [notes.updates]
         title = "Component Updates"
         description = """\
-Linux: 6.1.69
-containerd: 1.7.11
+Linux: 6.1.73
 
-Talos is built with Go 1.21.5.
+Talos is built with Go 1.21.6.
 """
 
 
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
index 76d6b48a74..7af6493826 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// DefaultKernelVersion is the default Linux kernel version.
-	DefaultKernelVersion = "6.1.69-talos"
+	DefaultKernelVersion = "6.1.73-talos"
 
 	// KernelModulesPath is the default path to the kernel modules without the kernel version.
 	KernelModulesPath = "/lib/modules"
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ const (
 	DBusClientSocketPath = "/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"
 
 	// GoVersion is the version of Go compiler this release was built with.
-	GoVersion = "go1.21.5 X:loopvar"
+	GoVersion = "go1.21.6 X:loopvar"
 
 	// KubernetesTalosAPIServiceName is the name of the Kubernetes service to access Talos API.
 	KubernetesTalosAPIServiceName = "talos"
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
index 41b77d8788..cec5062f04 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
+++ b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.6.0-9-g8fa73db
\ No newline at end of file
+v1.6.0-12-g0078a66
\ No newline at end of file