diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
index d88479ee18cf..a0b4391b3744 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, stdenv, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9.278";
+  version = "4.9.279";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
   extraMeta.broken = stdenv.isAarch64;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "04byav6cbga3jqkppygm5zj73d9v44xyvx6hbrhwr22lsk282dz7";
+    sha256 = "01rf3xh2jcz6l2h79g0m02i8f9q51j64wvgvzi8lmq0gx9yvbv91";
   };
 
   kernelTests = args.kernelTests or [ nixosTests.kernel-generic.linux_4_9 ];