diff --git a/board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/patches/linux/linux.hash
index 427bcedae7..f83883b936 100644
--- a/board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/patches/linux/linux.hash
+++ b/board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  d0a78bf3f0d12aaa10af3b5adcaed5bc767b5b78705e5ef885d5e930b72e25d5  linux-6.18.1.tar.xz
+sha256  37f0c5d5c242c1d604e87d48f08795e861a5a85f725b4ca11d0a538f12ff8cff  linux-6.18.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_256mb_defconfig b/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_256mb_defconfig
index 74ce958cd3..ca4ba27a28 100644
--- a/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_256mb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_256mb_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.1"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.8"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sama5"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_DIR="board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/dts"
diff --git a/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_512mb_defconfig b/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_512mb_defconfig
index d3912659db..240dfc46b6 100644
--- a/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_512mb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/acmesystems_acqua_a5_512mb_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.1"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.8"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sama5"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_DIR="board/acmesystems/acqua-a5/dts"