diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index 1382901b40..be640c7913 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KMOD_VERSION = 8
+KMOD_VERSION = 9
 KMOD_SOURCE = kmod-$(KMOD_VERSION).tar.xz
 KMOD_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/
 KMOD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES