diff --git a/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig b/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig
index 333b4be812015f13cd32ffd45fc9104c85677b57..3358b382a9354eea151eb32d400cab7c276e7a2d 100644
--- a/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig
+++ b/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.1.6 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.1.8 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
diff --git a/patches/ti_omap2plus_defconfig b/patches/ti_omap2plus_defconfig
index add11ee042c300836c412e7119893c2dc0ccef0b..4da3056745931861273bc04ff36f523e4ccbac0b 100644
--- a/patches/ti_omap2plus_defconfig
+++ b/patches/ti_omap2plus_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.1.6 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.1.8 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index b5f4ed5930ab790beaa50ad5dce7e23842214f44..0ed64a8fc2b49ab2c9dcce158c7d4ffd56235177 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ toolchain="gcc_linaro_gnueabihf_4_9"
 
 #Kernel/Build
 KERNEL_REL=4.1
-KERNEL_TAG=${KERNEL_REL}.6
-BUILD=${build_prefix}-git20150917-92793656
-kernel_rt=".5-rt5"
+KERNEL_TAG=${KERNEL_REL}.8
+BUILD=${build_prefix}-git20150922-420b0df4
+kernel_rt=".7-rt8"
 
 #v4.X-rcX + upto SHA
 #prev_KERNEL_SHA=""
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ DEBARCH=armhf
 
 ti_git_old_release="9279365676f916087bb6548f8c7698678208f71a"
 ti_git_pre="9279365676f916087bb6548f8c7698678208f71a"
-ti_git_post="9279365676f916087bb6548f8c7698678208f71a"
+ti_git_post="420b0df43eff698b00a92ed3c0ba64e0c19f79fb"
 #