diff --git a/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/6x_upgrade b/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/6x_upgrade
index cd26b616b0..395f13faee 100644
Binary files a/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/6x_upgrade and b/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/6x_upgrade differ
diff --git a/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/readme.txt b/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/readme.txt
index a9ded4929c..f01d9f05e0 100644
--- a/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/readme.txt
+++ b/board/boundarydevices/nitrogen6x/readme.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ To install, simply extract rootfs.ext2 to first partition of a uSD card:
 sudo dd if=output/images/rootfs.ext2 of=/dev/sdX1
 
 Where 'sdX1' is the device node of the uSD partition.
+
+To upgrade u-boot, cancel autoboot and type:
+
+run upgradeu
diff --git a/configs/nitrogen6x_defconfig b/configs/nitrogen6x_defconfig
index 5e5b91eee1..245d3d8415 100644
--- a/configs/nitrogen6x_defconfig
+++ b/configs/nitrogen6x_defconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARDNAME="nitrogen6q"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_IMX=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="http://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/tarball/63ae4a5/u-boot-63ae4a5.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="http://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/tarball/f870252/u-boot-f870252.tar.gz"
 
 # kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y