diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 48d53dcd3ca71e407702039664972c3cf16d7142..dfffd7c92899f4a15edb83a663bcd3c7f0e2f06e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ (define-public linux-libre-4.14
                     #:configuration-file kernel-config))
 
 (define-public linux-libre-4.9
-  (make-linux-libre "4.9.170"
-                    "15fz2qxvic4sfxm8vi0rghqqi5rv038xyrq9dl6fz6i1c7497g8s"
+  (make-linux-libre "4.9.171"
+                    "10975y9q2yycc85synwmrqqfhq89f3fn66jxq7p2myv1n9m22fx5"
                     '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux")
                     #:configuration-file kernel-config))