diff --git a/configs/bananapi_defconfig b/configs/bananapi_defconfig
index 978445c070..298397afd7 100644
--- a/configs/bananapi_defconfig
+++ b/configs/bananapi_defconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay board/bananapi/overlay"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/common/postscript.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.9.13"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.9.70"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH="board/bananapi/linux-usb-host.patch.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/bananapi/kernel.config"