diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index b8a95fd8129..4894fe70651 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.08"
 
+config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_0
+	bool "kernel headers version 7.0.x are no longer supported"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Version 7.0.x of the Linux kernel headers are no longer
+	  maintained upstream and are now removed.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_PLUGINS_SAP
 	bool "bluez sap plugin removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/linux/7.1.1 b/linux/7.1.2
similarity index 100%
rename from linux/7.1.1
rename to linux/7.1.2
diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 0aa35bd028f..320a2c55747 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_GIT_SUBMODULES
 
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION
 	string
-	default "7.1.1" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION
+	default "7.1.2" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION
 	default "5.10.254-cip72" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_CIP_VERSION
 	default "5.10.254-cip72-rt32" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_CIP_RT_VERSION
 	default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE \
diff --git a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
index 33ee9dc232c..2d6ab0f28a5 100644
--- a/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
+++ b/linux/from-6.17/linux.hash
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  5215fa3541dc7e7f5bcd51bf7e57f169cec6fce508ca54e3dc85fdee14371d7d  linux-7.1.1.tar.xz
-sha256  3c81edd0f716aca3dd48dff691681827580cc53d35a8eec3be47d346d1f89913  linux-7.0.13.tar.xz
+sha256  37198c93727be247c9fb5309bb86cd5e496c61e5322cd8c4eca9476bb0b5883f  linux-7.1.2.tar.xz
 
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  fbab86c9f471c81075b280cca30bd85d790c060063a1245859b6344b07c9c44e  linux-6.18.36.tar.xz
+sha256  a83cd200e6646db52866b8309e9137b9e9048b613cbda10ced2b811aae125255  linux-6.18.37.tar.xz
 
 # Licenses hashes
 sha256  fb5a425bd3b3cd6071a3a9aff9909a859e7c1158d54d32e07658398cd67eb6a0  COPYING
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/6.18.36 b/package/linux-headers/6.18.37
similarity index 100%
rename from package/linux-headers/6.18.36
rename to package/linux-headers/6.18.37
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/7.1.1 b/package/linux-headers/7.1.1
deleted file mode 120000
index a4e1d3ec9c8..00000000000
--- a/package/linux-headers/7.1.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../linux/from-6.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/7.0.13 b/package/linux-headers/7.1.2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/linux-headers/7.0.13
rename to package/linux-headers/7.1.2
diff --git a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
index a890c8f161f..d1eb93ce1c4 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/linux-headers/Config.in.host
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
 	bool "Linux 6.18.x kernel headers"
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_6_18
 
-config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_0
-	bool "Linux 7.0.x kernel headers"
-	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_7_0
-
 config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_1
 	bool "Linux 7.1.x kernel headers"
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_7_1
@@ -481,9 +477,8 @@ config BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS
 	default "6.1.176"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_1
 	default "6.6.143"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_6
 	default "6.12.94"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_12
-	default "6.18.36"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
-	default "7.0.13"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_0
-	default "7.1.1"		if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_1
+	default "6.18.37"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_18
+	default "7.1.2"		if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_7_1
 	default BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION
 	default "custom"	if BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_TARBALL
 	default BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \