diff --git a/target/linux/octeon/Makefile b/target/linux/octeon/Makefile
index e1739e70e5..a6707f0050 100644
--- a/target/linux/octeon/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/octeon/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CPU_TYPE:=octeon
 CPU_CFLAGS_octeon:=-march=octeon -mabi=64
 MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.18
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.3
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk