diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile
index 24d7d5c692158c363a0691e29cf3ae736fef03c1..594b48ef2cc20cdb4611c26a1a0945edcccb37f1 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FEATURES:=mips16
 CPU_TYPE=34kc
 SUBTARGETS:=generic nand mikrotik
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.1
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.4
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk