diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 64eefb51ef..3c4664d8f7 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET imx6-status-led imx6-soc-fan irqbalanced"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="4.12.10"
-    PKG_SHA256="c0fbf7b7fdd518a6e731fc7a6f0d9ade0840f553007dd414a223eb4a83a7a684"
-    PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+    PKG_VERSION="4.13-rc1"
+    PKG_SHA256="d5346f9a52adde7f98e408e445e734fa29cc734914fc6cfd99db8c21eef4abdd"
+    PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
 esac