diff --git a/board/bananapi/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz b/board/bananapi/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz
index d8fad2484a..a71c4a5108 100644
Binary files a/board/bananapi/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz and b/board/bananapi/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz differ
diff --git a/board/cubietruck/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz b/board/cubietruck/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz
index d8fad2484a..a71c4a5108 100644
Binary files a/board/cubietruck/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz and b/board/cubietruck/linux-rtl8192cu.patch.gz differ
diff --git a/configs/bananapi_defconfig b/configs/bananapi_defconfig
index 6ce711c616..b2a8666820 100644
--- a/configs/bananapi_defconfig
+++ b/configs/bananapi_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-bananapi"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="4.1.8"
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="4.1.18"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_1=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
 BR2_GLIBC_VERSION_2_21=y
diff --git a/configs/cubietruck_defconfig b/configs/cubietruck_defconfig
index 13d0516956..a90197b4c0 100644
--- a/configs/cubietruck_defconfig
+++ b/configs/cubietruck_defconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-cubietruck"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="4.1.8"
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="4.1.18"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_1=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
 BR2_GLIBC_VERSION_2_21=y