diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/linux/linux.hash
index 216d9b9d39..020dc72386 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/linux/linux.hash
+++ b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  0fcbbbbcd456e87bbbfc8bf37af541fda62ccfcce76903503424fd101ef7bdee  linux-6.12.43.tar.xz
+sha256  f4855f382c1b735c84072bdef36db5bcd5dc7b0c37e42f5104317149a0a486ef  linux-6.18.18.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
index 440526977b..b6a925ea4e 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
+++ b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  0f933f6c5a426895bf306e93e6ac53c60870e4b54cda56d95211bec99e63bec7  u-boot-2025.07.tar.bz2
+sha256  b60d5865cefdbc75da8da4156c56c458e00de75a49b80c1a2e58a96e30ad0d54  u-boot-2026.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
index 7a70c42afa..813be65e52 100644
--- a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.43"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.18"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="imxrt"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="nxp/imx/imxrt1050-evk"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="16M"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2025.07"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2026.01"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imxrt1050-evk"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y