diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index d86ea185d2..79d3c3fa9f 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.1-rc2"
-    PKG_SHA256="0bd7e76736a85987b218c5e8c741dadceed207a82360616f3cd263064a69a683"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.1-rc3"
+    PKG_SHA256="56d0ab59330c5461df266ff2ab18eee4760541b2a68146d1751c90e6328085d9"
     PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;