diff --git a/lfs/linux b/lfs/linux
index c596acd18..977e75104 100644
--- a/lfs/linux
+++ b/lfs/linux
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@

  include Config

-VER         = 6.18.54
+VER         = 7.1.1

  THISAPP    = linux-$(VER)
  DL_FILE    = linux-$(VER).tar.xz
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ objects = \

  $(DL_FILE) = $(URL_IPFIRE)/$(DL_FILE)

-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 
8b86b9130a4847bb1188b0181922713afe367717560ad9faebc327feb911285a11a79309aaaebd705fac6eab7671986ac6726ec8aa44a11c686a2fdece638f3c
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 
b0131b7a69bcf808322f4c48493faec7169fd8e3dbdb0974e61814d27c4af93ccf889af89d44e29463e416393b1bd36a8f5c0916f122d109a0a0c62b27038af8