diff --git a/base/linux-header/linux-header.desc b/base/linux-header/linux-header.desc
index 39b1ada95..ce2696af3 100644
--- a/base/linux-header/linux-header.desc
+++ b/base/linux-header/linux-header.desc
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.6.38.8
+[V] 2.6.39
 
 # in theory we only need the initial headers (stage 0) however some arches
 # generate some and need a compiler to do so (SPARC) so we do rebuild them
 # in stage 1 ...
 [P] X 01-------9 100.300
 
-[D] 1335928488 linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
-[D] 2769349618 patch-2.6.38.8.bz2 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
+[D] 2893205553 linux-2.6.39.tar.bz2 http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/