diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 151f16b425..51e7cfd8af 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.3-rc1"
-    PKG_SHA256="9338628ab9fdf1ab15a539da09bc6daef969a78f3a3d21994d8a22ea1e6e36da"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.3-rc2"
+    PKG_SHA256="8c5bfdeadd35b56bc4b71142750c93142b3182870fd7ff66ab8f24e4d0283580"
     PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;