diff --git a/cilium-1.16.yaml b/cilium-1.16.yaml
index 9eb5fb43b66..69d4ef8eb11 100644
--- a/cilium-1.16.yaml
+++ b/cilium-1.16.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 package:
   name: cilium-1.16
   version: 1.16.0
-  epoch: 1
+  epoch: 2
   description: Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane
   copyright:
     - license: Apache-2.0
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pipeline:
     with:
       repository: https://github.com/cilium/cilium
       tag: v${{package.version}}
-      expected-commit: 4626bbdc564d60b10974ec4400c7d7ba2dc5f13e
+      expected-commit: 82999990bc954699cf24853ef9747d9166ee24c8
 
   - uses: go/bump
     with: