diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 11c8a23763..f1c1527e31 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ configs/s6lx9_microboard_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_lichee_rv_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_lichee_rv_dock_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_licheepi_nano_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/sipeed_licheepi_zero_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_maix_bit_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_maix_bit_sdcard_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/sipeed_maix_dock_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..216d9b9d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  0fcbbbbcd456e87bbbfc8bf37af541fda62ccfcce76903503424fd101ef7bdee  linux-6.12.43.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..440526977b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  0f933f6c5a426895bf306e93e6ac53c60870e4b54cda56d95211bec99e63bec7  u-boot-2025.07.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/sipeed_licheepi_zero_defconfig b/configs/sipeed_licheepi_zero_defconfig
index e92c1d854e..0c60a5c763 100644
--- a/configs/sipeed_licheepi_zero_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sipeed_licheepi_zero_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a7=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV4=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_3=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV7_EABIHF_GLIBC_STABLE=y
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="licheepi-zero"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to Buildroot for the LicheePi Zero"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyS0"
@@ -10,10 +14,10 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/sipeed/licheepi_zero/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.3.5"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.43"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sunxi"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="sun8i-v3s-licheepi-zero sun8i-v3s-licheepi-zero-dock"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="allwinner/sun8i-v3s-licheepi-zero allwinner/sun8i-v3s-licheepi-zero-dock"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_RTL_87XX=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
@@ -23,11 +27,12 @@ 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="2022.01"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2025.07"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="LicheePi_Zero"
 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_CUSTOM=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM_NAME="u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y