diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index c3fcf175473b1e9e2b5a443330eb45a26ee6ff68..ca41040bfc1aada8937fe3f60a8a7cedca02f0c5 100644
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
        * Support for kernels:
         2.6.5-7.287.3 (SLES 9),
         2.6.9-55.0.12.EL (RHEL 4),
-        2.6.16.53-0.8 (SLES 10),
+        2.6.16.53-0.16 (SLES 10),
         2.6.18-8.1.14.EL5 (RHEL 5).
         2.6.18.8 vanilla (kernel.org)
        * Client support for unpatched kernels:
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
        * Recommended e2fsprogs version: 1.40.2-cfs1
        * Note that reiserfs quotas are disabled on SLES 10 in this kernel.
 
+Severity   : normal
+Bugzilla   : 13874
+Description: Update to SLES10 SP1 kernel 2.6.16.53-0.16
+
 Severity   : normal
 Bugzilla   : 13889
 Description: Update to SLES9 kernel-2.6.5-7.287.3.
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
index 3117b85b38106ed2323203c8f8258062dece0ae7..feaa370bc12ada1613d0166290303ef6e817666c 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 lnxmaj="2.6.16"
-lnxrel="53-0.8"
+lnxrel="53-0.16"
 
 EXTRA_VERSION_DELIMITER="."
 
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/which_patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/which_patch
index a15e22da5a9df0e23db30dccd7dc5b706d69b9ee..61299e2d5f5d71e8f7950b4315b758baaeec5362 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/which_patch
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/which_patch
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SUPPORTED KERNELS:
 2.6-suse              SLES9 before SP1         already in SLES9 SP1 kernel
 2.6-suse-newer        SLES9: 2.6.5-7.287.3      extra patches for SLES9 after SP1
 2.6-rhel4             RHEL4: 2.6.9-55.0.12.EL
-2.6-sles10            SLES10: 2.6.16.53-0.8
+2.6-sles10            SLES10: 2.6.16.53-0.16
 2.6-rhel5.series      RHEL5: 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
 2.6.18-vanilla.series kernel.org: 2.6.18.8