diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/Makefile b/target/linux/bcm53xx/Makefile
index 731eae1ac3d29de4f1de732e204003b7b95c6132..5b5e6077ac6117eaba92b8999a4cdc437087cd62 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm53xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FEATURES:=squashfs nand usb pci pcie gpio
 MAINTAINER:=Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
 CPU_TYPE:=cortex-a9
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.14
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.18
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk