diff --git a/target/linux/gemini/Makefile b/target/linux/gemini/Makefile
index 10a6e14f658..8713437eaf6 100644
--- a/target/linux/gemini/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/gemini/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ FEATURES:=squashfs pci rtc broken
 CPU_TYPE:=fa526
 MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.10
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.18
 
 KERNELNAME:=zImage