diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index f5579d3896..d875976120 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.6-rc3"
-    PKG_SHA256="b37a722be6f70f268977d1b820ef5692f89e43369e19afeacce95d9dd32c46f0"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.6-rc4"
+    PKG_SHA256="5246e3effa35675e647366ea613dfb08844274653d4e95ff69b56303a879e037"
     PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;