diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
index 63fe3db3b577..cc4609676d4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, hostPlatform, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9.96";
+  version = "4.9.97";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0zw7x86c8qa2kzkwlxlhqzsnddyp1ncw4ja660bqnzqrnmp5jvw2";
+    sha256 = "08vg8lm03s04cpyicq1jj342c25x3039nnxvcvwr80j18w4biwf4";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))