diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index fba52eeaee5..9c583fe30f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.52";
+  version = "4.4.53";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "01hz3g7j1m8dis6pyy9p8pi5ixl32g6cvgav0i7a7qbkrspdvlp8";
+    sha256 = "1rpkrlspxs3kfks0vg4dz8n570hpwdw5zymy9g2ky5vwskawvzky";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;