diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/arm64-dotconfig b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/arm64-dotconfig
index 195337ba2e2..de7d5340ce0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/arm64-dotconfig
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/arm64-dotconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm64 6.18.43 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm64 6.18.44 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="aarch64-linux-musl-gcc (GCC) 14.2.1 20250405"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
@@ -13071,6 +13071,7 @@ CONFIG_EROFS_FS_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS=16
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_DEFLATE is not set
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ZSTD is not set
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ACCEL is not set
diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/i386-dotconfig b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/i386-dotconfig
index e8cc367c7b8..c04d9dd5495 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/i386-dotconfig
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/i386-dotconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/i386 6.18.43 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/i386 6.18.44 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="gcc (GCC) 14.2.1 20250405"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
@@ -10538,6 +10538,7 @@ CONFIG_EROFS_FS_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS=8
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_DEFLATE is not set
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ZSTD is not set
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ACCEL is not set
diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/x86_64-dotconfig b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/x86_64-dotconfig
index b20bb905739..13fdad38ded 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/x86_64-dotconfig
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/files/x86_64-dotconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86_64 6.18.43 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86_64 6.18.44 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="gcc (GCC) 14.2.1 20250405"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
@@ -11003,6 +11003,7 @@ CONFIG_EROFS_FS_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP=y
 CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA=y
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS=16
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_DEFLATE is not set
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ZSTD is not set
 # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_ACCEL is not set
diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/template b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/template
index 5cae00e6950..2aa7fb97435 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux6.18/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux6.18/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'linux6.18'
 pkgname=linux6.18
-version=6.18.43
+version=6.18.44
 revision=1
 short_desc="Linux kernel and modules (${version%.*} series)"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rc*) distfiles="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-${version%.*}-${version#
 esac
 
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- 47fe16ebbe898564f9b083efad4c31caf60656a95b9ea5543909d32093a252f1"
+ 2af2b1da4ae926e646f6d3ede7081193ef82868c0ac985d27212f93bbbc629e7"
 
 python_version=3