diff --git a/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/default.nix b/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/default.nix
index 5f3a9a5..e592e44 100644
--- a/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/default.nix
+++ b/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ in {
   imports = [
     ./linux-5.19.17
     ./linux-6.0.17
-    ./linux-6.1.18
+    ./linux-6.1.53
     ./linux-6.4.16
   ];
 
diff --git a/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.18/default.nix b/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.53/default.nix
similarity index 80%
rename from microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.18/default.nix
rename to microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.53/default.nix
index cbf228d..4df03fa 100644
--- a/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.18/default.nix
+++ b/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.53/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
 
   cfg = config.microsoft-surface;
 
-  version = "6.1.18";
+  version = "6.1.53";
   extraMeta.branch = "6.1";
   patchDir = repos.linux-surface + "/patches/${extraMeta.branch}";
   kernelPatches = pkgs.callPackage ./patches.nix {
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ let
     inherit version extraMeta kernelPatches;
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-      sha256 = "sha256-hCrBXv8Ob7DBUP34P09qr2tMEjnc+MFOIidiDsCuFB4=";
+      sha256 = "0zpdg3fcc12iyjhfs5w7cw75700z4i8m9jcg38mlzlhh92hf0msz";
     };
   };
 
 
 in {
   options.microsoft-surface.kernelVersion = mkOption {
-    type = types.enum [ "6.1.18" ];
+    type = types.enum [ "6.1.53" ];
   };
 
-  config = mkIf (cfg.kernelVersion == "6.1.18") {
+  config = mkIf (cfg.kernelVersion == "6.1.53") {
     boot = {
       inherit kernelPackages;
     };
diff --git a/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.18/patches.nix b/microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.53/patches.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.18/patches.nix
rename to microsoft/surface/common/kernel/linux-6.1.53/patches.nix
diff --git a/microsoft/surface/surface-go/default.nix b/microsoft/surface/surface-go/default.nix
index b4f990e..361a83c 100644
--- a/microsoft/surface/surface-go/default.nix
+++ b/microsoft/surface/surface-go/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in {
     ../../../common/cpu/intel/kaby-lake
   ];
 
-  microsoft-surface.kernelVersion = "6.1.18";
+  microsoft-surface.kernelVersion = "6.1.53";
 
   boot.kernelParams = [
     "i915.enable_rc6=1"