diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux.desc b/package/base/linux/linux.desc
index 144a58d9b..1dcb9196c 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux.desc
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux.desc
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #if xpkg == linux26.*
-[V] 2.6.15.6
-[D] 2633990629 linux-2.6.15.6.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
+[V] 2.6.16
+[D] 82985259 linux-2.6.16.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
 [D] 20197099 patch-2.6.15-pa1.gz http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/linux-2.6/
 #endif