diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index 65ee9634ba4..7820ed3258f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.196";
+  version = "4.4.197";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0vd7fra22ky4sqp6vamracp5xd4900md5vdx0n4i6dhkf03kz7hn";
+    sha256 = "0ypfl1q1bdbk81hk0bm8a0grqzz4z5rp7z7asa3191ji3r8q9x4w";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))