diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index 2c62880b6..cfb5e3d21 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildarch=2
 pkgbase=linux-kirkwood
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="Marvell Kirkwood"
-pkgver=4.4.252
+pkgver=4.4.262
 srcver=${pkgver%.0}
 pkgrel=1
 bfqver=v7r11
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ source=("https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${srcver}.tar.xz"
         "http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/${bfqkern}.0-${bfqver}/0003-block-bfq-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-to-BFQ-${bfqver}-for.patch"
         'linux.preset')
 
-md5sums=('c255151005b542c80da092c73155318e'
+md5sums=('4448c135c036538fe6012e34f8925251'
          '3d14399c6859415d6ccc87f9a975a112'
          '17d32adf31f1b709bb2cef32845d4d0a'
-         '9f6a490f388b96768875133d49e1ba67'
+         '5aeefba6796ed9be43b8e408b3cbe299'
          '09d44b9f07abfaeaf4f688ee52034786'
          'SKIP'
          'c1d7fcfe88edb658375089c0a9cc1811'
diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/linux-kirkwood.install b/core/linux-kirkwood/linux-kirkwood.install
index b515b4721..88786dfd0 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/linux-kirkwood.install
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/linux-kirkwood.install
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # arg 2:  the old package version
 
 KERNEL_NAME=-kirkwood
-KERNEL_VERSION=4.4.252-1-ARCH
+KERNEL_VERSION=4.4.262-1-ARCH
 
 post_install () {
   # updating module dependencies