diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
index e653a6459df..4235c26aea1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "5.3-rc8";
-  extraMeta.branch = "5.3";
+  version = "5.4-rc1";
+  extraMeta.branch = "5.4";
 
   # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will always add .0
   modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then builtins.replaceStrings ["-"] [".0-"] version else modDirVersionArg;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "01pr8xb9akjzafl8zkpwwkmlsjxghv5bx0larkjqdakjfspqnhzj";
+    sha256 = "1a9h0g249b3aznn6jz92y5vpr02v921mgf72rj0nbblcfhrimzk9";
   };
 
   # Should the testing kernels ever be built on Hydra?