diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index e10fe831ca..76aee171f1 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "${LINUX}" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-${LINUX}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="6.6.25"
-    PKG_SHA256="99d210be87908233a55b0fadc0dccd3b95926c0651b6b82e37350b2029de1f44"
+    PKG_VERSION="6.6.26"
+    PKG_SHA256="af54b449f4fb93b8e8daa346144a7309e8e95174bd962c4b5917cf56120456d9"
     PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${PKG_VERSION/.*/}.x/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index 1bad322560..8b4b147fbb 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 6.6.22 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 6.6.26 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu-gcc-13.2.0 (GCC) 13.2.0"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
@@ -501,6 +501,9 @@ CONFIG_CPU_SRSO=y
 # CONFIG_SLS is not set
 # CONFIG_GDS_FORCE_MITIGATION is not set
 CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS=y
+# CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_ON is not set
+# CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_OFF is not set
+CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_AUTO=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ADD_PAGES=y
 
 #