diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 18d5bcd715..57855120a4 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.1-rc6"
-    PKG_SHA256="7bfab5fd33dfd545595462c01e377387e279537c430dd0a2a496b54e160fe568"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.1-rc7"
+    PKG_SHA256="412798ddc1bbd85b696275a29076ca973ebb9f4c117928747175d849902c0814"
     PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;