diff --git a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
index 3e32af81c2..d6f44591c2 100644
--- a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
+++ b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sha256  614d95fafdcb5cce2b6620e7edc6afbb606bffd4655405586815d84687841ad7  linux-7.1.13.tar.xz
 
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  4d6fba95c2244b08a7b4144a4d38b9be4fb31abb5e7682ae40bb5cb11374cfe0  linux-6.18.53.tar.xz
+sha256  9df30b02dd8102bbd0be52556288ef6889ddbe7f1ddb96fbf847d0becf3eacac  linux-6.18.54.tar.xz
 
 # Licenses hashes
 sha256  fb5a425bd3b3cd6071a3a9aff9909a859e7c1158d54d32e07658398cd67eb6a0  COPYING
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/6.18.53 b/package/linux-headers/6.18.54
similarity index 100%
rename from package/linux-headers/6.18.53
rename to package/linux-headers/6.18.54
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
index 8b77aa398c..37dfa31f2f 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ config BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS
 	default "6.1.188"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_1
 	default "6.6.157"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_6
 	default "6.12.111"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_12
-	default "6.18.53"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
+	default "6.18.54"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
 	default "7.1.13"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_1
 	default BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION
 	default "custom"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL