diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index abffa59e1..31c673502 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildarch=2
 pkgbase=linux-kirkwood
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="Marvell Kirkwood"
-pkgver=4.4.195
+pkgver=4.4.197
 srcver=${pkgver%.0}
 pkgrel=1
 bfqver=v7r11
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 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-${bfqver}/0002-block-introduce-the-BFQ-${bfqver}-I-O-sched-for-${bfqkern}.0.patch"
         "http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/${bfqkern}.0-${bfqver}/0003-block-bfq-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-to-BFQ-${bfqver}-for.patch"
         'linux.preset') 
-md5sums=('295954365ea2343516bb99f0795da7b8'
+md5sums=('e89bd80679c3c9fea529bd0daa93877d'
          '3d14399c6859415d6ccc87f9a975a112'
          '17d32adf31f1b709bb2cef32845d4d0a'
          'b94a98618676c49643764b61f4781a52'
diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/linux-kirkwood.install b/core/linux-kirkwood/linux-kirkwood.install
index ecc4178b8..c782ecbb1 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=4.4.195-1-ARCH
+KERNEL_VERSION=4.4.197-1-ARCH
 
 post_install () {
   # updating module dependencies