diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 3f3f76deb8..fcb67f9102 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.1-rc7"
-    PKG_SHA256="412798ddc1bbd85b696275a29076ca973ebb9f4c117928747175d849902c0814"
-    PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.1"
+    PKG_SHA256="d06a7be6e73f97d1350677ad3bae0ce7daecb79c2c2902aaabe806f7fa94f041"
+    PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
 esac