diff --git a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_defconfig b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_defconfig
index 1c9f261d82..526ed375b5 100644
--- a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_defconfig
+++ b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/olimex/a20_olinuxino/genimage.cfg"
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.9.14"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.9.36"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sunxi"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ 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="2017.03"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2017.07"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="A20-OLinuXino-Lime"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME="u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"
diff --git a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_mali_defconfig b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_mali_defconfig
index 8042dfec4a..dde1791ec5 100644
--- a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_mali_defconfig
+++ b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime_mali_defconfig
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ 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="2017.03"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2017.07"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="A20-OLinuXino-Lime"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME="u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"