diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 6599435b62..a708b081e7 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ boot/syslinux/0013-Fix-build-with-gnu-efi-version-3.0.9.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 boot/syslinux/0014-Fix-build-with-binutils-note-gnu-property-section.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 boot/syslinux/0016-Workaround-multiple-definition-of-symbol-errors.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 boot/syslinux/0017-Replace-builtin-strlen-that-appears-to-get-optimized.patch lib_patch.Upstream
-configs/am574x_idk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/arcturus_ucls1012a_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/arcturus_ucp1020_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/asus_tinker-s_rk3288_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/ti/am574x-idk/extlinux.conf b/board/ti/am574x-idk/extlinux.conf
index 29e0ecfa14..4faa8f7eed 100644
--- a/board/ti/am574x-idk/extlinux.conf
+++ b/board/ti/am574x-idk/extlinux.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 label am5749-idk-buildroot
   kernel /zImage
   fdtdir /
-  append console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait
+  append console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait
diff --git a/board/ti/am574x-idk/genimage.cfg b/board/ti/am574x-idk/genimage.cfg
index 02a9ffe013..e7ab22f29b 100644
--- a/board/ti/am574x-idk/genimage.cfg
+++ b/board/ti/am574x-idk/genimage.cfg
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ image boot.vfat {
 			"MLO",
 			"u-boot.img",
 			"zImage",
-			"am574x-idk.dtb",
+			"ti",
 			"extlinux"
 		}
+
+		label = "boot"
 	}
 
 	size = 16M
@@ -25,6 +27,5 @@ image sdcard.img {
 	partition rootfs {
 		partition-type = 0x83
 		image = "rootfs.ext4"
-		size = 1G
 	}
 }
diff --git a/board/ti/am574x-idk/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/ti/am574x-idk/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..020dc72386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/ti/am574x-idk/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  f4855f382c1b735c84072bdef36db5bcd5dc7b0c37e42f5104317149a0a486ef  linux-6.18.18.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/ti/am574x-idk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/ti/am574x-idk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36322a6a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/ti/am574x-idk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  ac7c04b8b7004923b00a4e5d6699c5df4d21233bac9fda690d8cfbc209fff2fd  u-boot-2026.04.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/am574x_idk_defconfig b/configs/am574x_idk_defconfig
index 5d3ec12ad6..3ec8829ff7 100644
--- a/configs/am574x_idk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am574x_idk_defconfig
@@ -1,26 +1,33 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a15=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_6=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV7_EABIHF_GLIBC_STABLE=y
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/ti/am574x-idk/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/ti/am574x-idk/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/ti/am574x-idk/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.6.14"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.18"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="multi_v7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="ti/omap/am574x-idk"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_KEEP_DIRNAME=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="256M"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2024.01"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.04"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="am57xx_evm"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_GNUTLS=y
 # BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN is not set
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_IMG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y