diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index a62d69f6c895..1698c9d70942 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.177";
+  version = "4.4.178";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1gy0xm9hpfl8x3rxgm461yd4pnigbsgyxjb69bdpl3sqgz2225sj";
+    sha256 = "0g84g808v7zjnfm1nh7ba0swa4n2bfw8m7h5qgmknjwrnwi8qnf3";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))