diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.10.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.10.nix
index 6743d1d9550..b270f0852f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.10.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "3.10.78";
+  version = "3.10.79";
   extraMeta.branch = "3.10";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "01cshlm8x8k2bbkh77w2r39kc0a3csrcxiv412j5ik608glzgx36";
+    sha256 = "0m30c9v4pvim72ha8ya8w6y691a8zkcrhxhj43kh668q1yqpqvkp";
   };
 
   features.iwlwifi = true;