diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 1f30b6b0b8f3..cd7568885a26 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 16.x IS SLOW:
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20250929:
+	Both drm-kmod and nividia-drm ports had to be updated to either no
+	longer conflict on LinuxKPI vs. native PCI changes and/or to keep
+	working after some LinuxKPI PCI adjustments which were previously
+	hidden behind native PCI.
+	Bump __FreeBSD_version 1600001 so users will pick up updated packages.
+
 20250929:
 	The deprecated ftpd(8) has been removed.  Users who still need ftpd
 	can install the ftp/freebsd-ftpd port.  pkgbase users should remove
diff --git a/sys/sys/param.h b/sys/sys/param.h
index ce91430909ce..8a71693cff3d 100644
--- a/sys/sys/param.h
+++ b/sys/sys/param.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  * cannot include sys/param.h and should only be updated here.
  */
 #undef __FreeBSD_version
-#define __FreeBSD_version 1600000
+#define __FreeBSD_version 1600001
 
 /*
  * __FreeBSD_kernel__ indicates that this system uses the kernel of FreeBSD,