diff --git a/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/linux/linux.hash
index 451159a6dc..f83883b936 100644
--- a/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/linux/linux.hash
+++ b/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  21817f1998e2230f81f7e4f605fa6fdcb040e14fa27d99c27ddb16ce749797a9  linux-6.14.6.tar.xz
+sha256  37f0c5d5c242c1d604e87d48f08795e861a5a85f725b4ca11d0a538f12ff8cff  linux-6.18.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
index b550824126..74d80a0daa 100644
--- a/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
+++ b/board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  439d3bef296effd54130be6a731c5b118be7fddd7fcc663ccbc5fb18294d8718  u-boot-2025.04.tar.bz2
+sha256  b60d5865cefdbc75da8da4156c56c458e00de75a49b80c1a2e58a96e30ad0d54  u-boot-2026.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/friendlyarm_nanopi_r3s_defconfig b/configs/friendlyarm_nanopi_r3s_defconfig
index beeab11c5e..971a0ae851 100644
--- a/configs/friendlyarm_nanopi_r3s_defconfig
+++ b/configs/friendlyarm_nanopi_r3s_defconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c $(BINARIES_DIR)/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.14.6"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.8"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/friendlyarm/nanopi-r3s/kernel.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGES="bl31/bl31.elf"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2025.04"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="nanopi-r3s-rk3566"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYELFTOOLS=y