diff --git a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
index 6fa42bfbbf..3f40d912ef 100644
--- a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FEATURES:=targz usb jffs2_nand nand ubifs
 CPU_TYPE:=xscale
 MAINTAINER:=Luka Perkov <luka@openwrt.org>
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.14
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.18
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk