diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 3c9c3ddaf2..dd632dba44 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ endif
 
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
 	string
-	default "6.6.71" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION
+	default "6.6.72" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION
 	default "5.10.162-cip24" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_CIP_VERSION
 	default "5.10.162-cip24-rt10" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_CIP_RT_VERSION
 	default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE \
diff --git a/linux/linux.hash b/linux/linux.hash
index 4f099e35c9..837fa3dee8 100644
--- a/linux/linux.hash
+++ b/linux/linux.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  219715ba2dcfa6539fba09ad3f9212772f3507189eb60d77f8e89b06c32e724e  linux-6.6.71.tar.xz
+sha256  feb9e514930d5968daa0b8b5486d3295d1fb2b34accf876207641884d4baef39  linux-6.6.72.tar.xz
 sha256  ff4ef6d5cc626faa81fc6da7b5270de064924c919be460f114e6ad8cb9589827  linux-6.1.124.tar.xz
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/sha256sums.asc
 sha256  a84ab5328c8a5a0e5c4a39a06b07479a7769c73af49a4c9ce59eeb644829d3b1  linux-5.15.176.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
index ee07ed6224..d74af3954a 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ config BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS
 	default "5.10.233"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_5_10
 	default "5.15.176"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_5_15
 	default "6.1.124"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_1
-	default "6.6.71"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_6
+	default "6.6.72"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_6
 	default BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION
 	default "custom"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL
 	default BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \