diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
index e61e9a354de..4794685a755 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, hostPlatform, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, libelf, utillinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.17-rc6";
-  modDirVersion = "4.17.0-rc6";
+  version = "4.17-rc7";
+  modDirVersion = "4.17.0-rc7";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "16x8bwhaj35fqhl773qxwabs1rhl3ayapizjsqyzn92pggsgy6p8";
+    sha256 = "0kibvll2h4wvfbfxral7jsjajaijw0jb0scpjascwh66d7cxbbbr";
   };
 
   # Should the testing kernels ever be built on Hydra?