diff --git a/target/linux/sparc/Makefile b/target/linux/sparc/Makefile
index f770a9b8dd..473507ba85 100644
--- a/target/linux/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/sparc/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BOARD:=sparc
 BOARDNAME:=Sun UltraSPARC
 FEATURES+=fpu tgz broken jffs2 ext4 squashfs
 
-LINUX_VERSION:=2.6.36.4
+LINUX_VERSION:=3.6.6
 MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk