diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index a0f68f0e72..490606ca7f 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.6-rc1"
-    PKG_SHA256="90fe415a663ba182763ba0dd4153caf3aab512bdd5357a9499c7c6dc7fab27c7"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.6-rc2"
+    PKG_SHA256="37cbd2341d7d27188ae2de4c676bf614d1d55b42467e36187189e5b21bd26dac"
     PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;