diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index d4461b2ff7..e11d62a754 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="4.18.16"
-    PKG_SHA256="beba14e2f07259a545baa1dce5afdaf9f470cdadc8b378ac269e7c8a289c52e6"
-    PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+    PKG_VERSION="4.19-rc1"
+    PKG_SHA256="e5f1311b0be8ab5779923515cfea3e71f9d5f6495a3533626e5982add3eb8991"
+    PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
 esac