diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
index 38be5ec588d0..39bfbe76e6c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.9-rc2";
-  modDirVersion = "4.9.0-rc2";
+  version = "4.9-rc3";
+  modDirVersion = "4.9.0-rc3";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1hf913mgyz5niy971c505s8yhqrdvq65psdrjz7cxmdxsb96pk94";
+    sha256 = "16dvjxh1i0s18mzm2bcj1v1drv7n2id39jgy71n7i5pyvzc5ffhj";
   };
 
   features.iwlwifi = true;