diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index fcd725dd76..a0f68f0e72 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.5.13"
-    PKG_SHA256="1f3b3614a06bffc9c621c82f98d8ca88c60538a8c6dd77f96f2e7fee310a4ee2"
-    PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.6-rc1"
+    PKG_SHA256="90fe415a663ba182763ba0dd4153caf3aab512bdd5357a9499c7c6dc7fab27c7"
+    PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
 esac