diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index cab397f6c6d2fe5908cc6892ab8cbb4dcf160d27..d17cc2c109a520a615e43453c08db599f91d5a5e 100644
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ tbd         Cluster File Systems, Inc. <info@clusterfs.com>
        * 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:
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ tbd         Cluster File Systems, Inc. <info@clusterfs.com>
        * 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   : enhancement
 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 0ab03f7655206c12cd40664312df9af56b2377f3..00ec7613ba2c560729adb184de28d1077c6ba71c 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