diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5a25e70..fc41b3d3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ubuntu-core-initramfs (51.16) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set linux-firmware as recommended package
+
+ -- Ondrej Kubik <ondrej.kubik@canonical.com>  Fri, 02 Aug 2024 13:53:21 +0100
+
 ubuntu-core-initramfs (51.15) focal; urgency=medium
 
   * Pick up snapd 2.62 from ppa
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 30051b01..e4ade7d6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Homepage: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-core-initramfs
 
 Package: ubuntu-core-initramfs
 Architecture: amd64 arm64 armhf
-Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, binutils, dracut-core (>= 051-1), lz4, sbsigntool, linux-firmware
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, binutils, dracut-core (>= 051-1), lz4, sbsigntool
+Recommends: linux-firmware
 Description: standard embedded initrd
  Standard embedded initrd implementation to be used with Ubuntu Core
  systems. Currently targetting creating BLS Type2 like binaries.