diff --git a/target/linux/rb532/Makefile b/target/linux/rb532/Makefile
index 9033eb4637d43a3a91df536a955606c5158d7c57..5b37f6072e2394fd900e08599f60fc8ae6746268 100644
--- a/target/linux/rb532/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/rb532/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BOARD:=rb532
 BOARDNAME:=Mikrotik RouterBoard 532
 FEATURES:=pci targz squashfs
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.1
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.4
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk
 DEFAULT_PACKAGES += wpad-mini kmod-ath5k kmod-input-rb532