diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 23d622a810..3ce5f08ba3 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ configs/imx6ulevk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/imx6ulpico_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/imx7dpico_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/imx8mqevk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/kontron_bl_imx8mm_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/kontron_smarc_sal28_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/mender_x86_64_efi_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/khadas/vim3/genimage.cfg b/board/khadas/vim3/genimage.cfg
index 79d7f9ca07..1ceb5e4e8b 100644
--- a/board/khadas/vim3/genimage.cfg
+++ b/board/khadas/vim3/genimage.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ image sdcard.img {
 	partition rootfs {
 		partition-type = 0x83
 		image = "rootfs.ext2"
-		size = 128M
 		offset = 0
 	}
 }
diff --git a/board/khadas/vim3/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/khadas/vim3/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ef79ed70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/khadas/vim3/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  7c716216c3c4134ed0de69195701e677577bbcdd3979f331c182acd06bf2f170  linux-6.18.15.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/khadas/vim3/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/khadas/vim3/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6a925ea4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/khadas/vim3/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  b60d5865cefdbc75da8da4156c56c458e00de75a49b80c1a2e58a96e30ad0d54  u-boot-2026.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig b/configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig
index 89bae0f114..32e39fc64b 100644
--- a/configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig
+++ b/configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV4=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/khadas/vim3/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/khadas/vim3/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/khadas/vim3/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.15"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="amlogic/meson-g12b-a311d-khadas-vim3"
@@ -16,13 +18,14 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
-BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="128M"
+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="2023.04"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="khadas-vim3"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_GNUTLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_AMLOGIC_BOOT_FIP=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y