diff --git a/configs/pandaboard_defconfig b/configs/pandaboard_defconfig
index 3727e3d9cb..973d41d41e 100644
--- a/configs/pandaboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pandaboard_defconfig
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a9=y
 BR2_ARM_ENABLE_NEON=y
 BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_4=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_5=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyO2"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/pandaboard/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.4.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.5"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="omap2plus"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y