diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 75ba358e76..ac1e72dbdc 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="4.19.23"
-    PKG_SHA256="2d9b25678aac7f3f109c52e6266fb6ee89cc424b597518a2875874bacb8f130a"
-    PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.0-rc1"
+    PKG_SHA256="fffbe30b00d374a64948f77e66b54f3cea3912563e171fcf08ce4b716150fb05"
+    PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
 esac