2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
index 4201faf672..1f2d0e9d7c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-dev.git;branch=${KBRANCH};name
 SRCREV_machine ?= '${@oe.utils.conditional("PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel", "linux-yocto-dev", "${AUTOREV}", "29594404d7fe73cd80eaa4ee8c43dcc53970c60e", d)}'
 SRCREV_meta ?= '${@oe.utils.conditional("PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel", "linux-yocto-dev", "${AUTOREV}", "29594404d7fe73cd80eaa4ee8c43dcc53970c60e", d)}'
 
-LINUX_VERSION ?= "4.16-rc+"
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "4.17-rc+"
 LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yoctodev-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
 PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=bbea815ee2795b2f4230826c0c6b8814"
+
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('ARCH', 'x86', 'elfutils-native', '', d)}"
 DEPENDS += "openssl-native util-linux-native"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
index 3bb872a32a..95ec2a2b41 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Linux kernel"
 SECTION = "kernel"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d7810fab7487fb0aad327b76f1be7cd7"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "file://COPYING;md5=d7810fab7487fb0aad327b76f1be7cd7"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)"