diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
index c9e72a3264b..06d752cf34e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9.196";
+  version = "4.9.197";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1vy6j9ycl5aw0dmj4n9kih5i8igybk0ilahlwbn30mlp9aq15az0";
+    sha256 = "032as6g4xvqjarqhvx7mr14yhn6idak4g0ps1skmsl4dfav6hdam";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))