diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index e6aaee252..d1dde1fb2 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgbase=linux-kirkwood
 pkgname=('linux-kirkwood' 'linux-headers-kirkwood')
 #pkgname=linux-test       # Build kernel with a different name
 _kernelname=${pkgname#linux}
-_basekernel=3.9.5
+_basekernel=3.9.6
 pkgver=${_basekernel}
 pkgrel=1
 cryptover=1.6
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ source=("ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.bz2
 	"http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/$(echo $_basekernel |cut -c 1-3).0-${bfqver}/0002-block-introduce-the-BFQ-${bfqver}-I-O-sched-for-$(echo $_basekernel |cut -c 1-3).patch"
 	"http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/$(echo $_basekernel |cut -c 1-3).0-${bfqver}/0003-block-bfq-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-to-BFQ-${bfqver}-for-$(echo $_basekernel |cut -c 1-3).0.patch")
 
-md5sums=('7c2398417668ae76ff3b115f3c4ac314'
+md5sums=('4a3ffd2e9ade96909db94c598f9e0dc1'
          '1cf669d8e55b2a25590f37e8106723f8'
          'f5d3635da03cb45904bedd69b47133de'
          'd699018dcf0cd8850743daa605c7ab66'