diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
index 553d8dd786e..bc94f0d7442 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with lib;
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.14.252";
+  version = "4.14.253";
 
   # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
   modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStringsSep "." (take 3 (splitVersion "${version}.0")) else modDirVersionArg;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildLinux (args // rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "022rw51s8fzz6wcxa9xq6h60fglfx0hq7bmqgs5dlrci6plv4fwk";
+    sha256 = "1mgl55c8fa2ry4qp0phkdkzjhwfnkbhvi266n348kyjyqnjl234f";
   };
 
   kernelTests = args.kernelTests or [ nixosTests.kernel-generic.linux_4_14 ];