diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
deleted file mode 120000
index 5808d92afe..0000000000
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../linux/linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux/linux.hash
index 9ef8b4af9c..aac576b5f9 100644
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux/linux.hash
+++ b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256  b4850cf670a032c70f38b713a27d62046c5f747caf028c5f50b18f98606a9eb1  linux-6.12.52.tar.xz
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  4d9f3ff73214f68c0194ef02db9ca4b7ba713253ac1045441d4e9f352bc22e14  linux-6.19.6.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
index 98a5c53aaf..b6a925ea4e 100644
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
+++ b/board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  b4f032848e56cc8f213ad59f9132c084dbbb632bc29176d024e58220e0efdf4a  u-boot-2025.10.tar.bz2
+sha256  b60d5865cefdbc75da8da4156c56c458e00de75a49b80c1a2e58a96e30ad0d54  u-boot-2026.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash b/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
deleted file mode 120000
index 5808d92afe..0000000000
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../linux/linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux/linux.hash
index 9ef8b4af9c..aac576b5f9 100644
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux/linux.hash
+++ b/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256  b4850cf670a032c70f38b713a27d62046c5f747caf028c5f50b18f98606a9eb1  linux-6.12.52.tar.xz
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  4d9f3ff73214f68c0194ef02db9ca4b7ba713253ac1045441d4e9f352bc22e14  linux-6.19.6.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
index 98a5c53aaf..b6a925ea4e 100644
--- a/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
+++ b/board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  b4f032848e56cc8f213ad59f9132c084dbbb632bc29176d024e58220e0efdf4a  u-boot-2025.10.tar.bz2
+sha256  b60d5865cefdbc75da8da4156c56c458e00de75a49b80c1a2e58a96e30ad0d54  u-boot-2026.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/cubieboard1_defconfig b/configs/cubieboard1_defconfig
index 7948ab3b19..47d882c04f 100644
--- a/configs/cubieboard1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/cubieboard1_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a8=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_12=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV7_EABIHF_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/cubietech/cubieboard1/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/cubietech/cubieboard1/rootfs_overlay"
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/cubietech/cubieboard1/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.52"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.19.6"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sunxi"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="allwinner/sun4i-a10-cubieboard"
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2025.10"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="Cubieboard"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
diff --git a/configs/cubieboard2_defconfig b/configs/cubieboard2_defconfig
index 43ef33e329..0de3edb93e 100644
--- a/configs/cubieboard2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/cubieboard2_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a7=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_NEON_VFPV4=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_12=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV7_EABIHF_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/cubietech/cubieboard2/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/cubietech/cubieboard2/rootfs_overlay"
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/cubietech/cubieboard2/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.52"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.19.6"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="multi_v7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="allwinner/sun7i-a20-cubieboard2"
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2025.10"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="Cubieboard2"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y