diff --git a/config/sources/mainline-kernel.conf.sh b/config/sources/mainline-kernel.conf.sh
index 8461842a7..217eeab45 100644
--- a/config/sources/mainline-kernel.conf.sh
+++ b/config/sources/mainline-kernel.conf.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # Shared versioning logic for Armbian mainline kernels.
 function mainline_kernel_decide_version__upstream_release_candidate_number() {
 	[[ -n "${KERNELBRANCH}" ]] && return 0           # if already set, don't touch it; that way other hooks can run in any order
-	if [[ "${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" == "6.16" ]]; then # @TODO: roll over to next MAJOR.MINOR and MAJOR.MINOR-rc1 when it is released
-		declare -g KERNELBRANCH="tag:v6.16-rc7"
+	if [[ "${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" == "6.17" ]]; then # @TODO: roll over to next MAJOR.MINOR and MAJOR.MINOR-rc1 when it is released
+		declare -g KERNELBRANCH="tag:v6.17-rc1"
 		display_alert "mainline-kernel: upstream release candidate" "Using KERNELBRANCH='${KERNELBRANCH}' for KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR='${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}'" "info"
 	fi
 }