diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index bc786ad56..cca1e8ef4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ARG DOCKER_BUILD_VERSION=1.10.3
 ARG DOCKER_BUILD_PATCH_VERSION=v${DOCKER_BUILD_VERSION}-ros1
 ARG SELINUX_POLICY_URL=https://github.com/rancher/refpolicy/releases/download/v0.0.3/policy.29
 
-ARG KERNEL_VERSION_amd64=4.9.42-rancher
+ARG KERNEL_VERSION_amd64=4.9.44-rancher
 ARG KERNEL_URL_amd64=https://github.com/rancher/os-kernel/releases/download/v${KERNEL_VERSION_amd64}/linux-${KERNEL_VERSION_amd64}-x86.tar.gz
 #ARG KERNEL_URL_arm64=https://github.com/imikushin/os-kernel/releases/download/Estuary-4.4.0-arm64.8/linux-4.4.0-rancher-arm64.tar.gz