diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index 028d351637..f71087c659 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KMOD_VERSION = 6
+KMOD_VERSION = 7
 KMOD_SOURCE = kmod-$(KMOD_VERSION).tar.xz
 KMOD_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/
 KMOD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES