diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index de98da0a48a4..d421633553a2 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, hostPlatform, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.78";
+  version = "4.4.79";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "14xnmcw0f2faizd6ylhgw929yyc30hglr82mc5c62yzgszsdngvw";
+    sha256 = "1a5wprjimsnx49sdg05ndmnx84m24fl48s64jvdpz58i3sss7g8d";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;