diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index d2dcca2f1b..c9e0b48b3d 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 if [ "$LINUX_NEXT" = "yes" ]; then
-  PKG_VERSION="2.6.37"
+  PKG_VERSION="2.6.38-rc7"
   PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 fi