diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index c7a02caf06..62e3998a66 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ configs/am574x_idk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/arcturus_ucls1012a_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/arcturus_ucp1020_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/asus_tinker-s_rk3288_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/asus_tinker_rk3288_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/atmel_sama5d27_som1_ek_mmc_dev_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/atmel_sama5d2_xplained_mmc_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/atmel_sama5d2_xplained_mmc_dev_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/asus/tinker/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash b/board/asus/tinker/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5808d92afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/asus/tinker/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../linux/linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/asus/tinker/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/asus/tinker/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f83883b936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/asus/tinker/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  37f0c5d5c242c1d604e87d48f08795e861a5a85f725b4ca11d0a538f12ff8cff  linux-6.18.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/asus/tinker/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/asus/tinker/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60971ee74f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/asus/tinker/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256  b60d5865cefdbc75da8da4156c56c458e00de75a49b80c1a2e58a96e30ad0d54  u-boot-2026.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/asus_tinker_rk3288_defconfig b/configs/asus_tinker_rk3288_defconfig
index f3a2c4d71d..8326405536 100644
--- a/configs/asus_tinker_rk3288_defconfig
+++ b/configs/asus_tinker_rk3288_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a17=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_NEON_VFPV4=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_1=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_18=y
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/asus/tinker/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="tinker-rk3288"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to TINKER RK3288!"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/asus/tinker/post-build.sh"
@@ -9,10 +11,10 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/asus/tinker/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.1.44"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.8"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="multi_v7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="rk3288-tinker"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="rockchip/rk3288-tinker"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
@@ -20,11 +22,12 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="512M"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2023.07"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="tinker-rk3288"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_GNUTLS=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_DTB_IMG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME="spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin"