diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rt-5.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rt-5.4.nix
index 463385036292..7de5236b105c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rt-5.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rt-5.4.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , ... } @ args:
 
 let
-  version = "5.4.271-rt89"; # updated by ./update-rt.sh
+  version = "5.4.278-rt91"; # updated by ./update-rt.sh
   branch = lib.versions.majorMinor version;
   kversion = builtins.elemAt (lib.splitString "-" version) 0;
 in buildLinux (args // {
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ in buildLinux (args // {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${kversion}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0l2qv4xlhnry9crs90rkihsxyny6jz8kxw08bfad7nys9hrn3g6d";
+    sha256 = "1245zf7vk2fyprw9fspljqy9wlzma9bayri7xx2g8iam2430d875";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = let rt-patch = {
     name = "rt";
     patch = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/projects/rt/${branch}/older/patch-${version}.patch.xz";
-      sha256 = "15k9jja5yd9zf5yhd7hhydwh4hksg2mybk66jhdjsryh4w9jav7z";
+      sha256 = "0s1ars3d18jg55kpvk6q5b6rk66c74d2khd2mxzdm5ifgm47047k";
     };
   }; in [ rt-patch ] ++ kernelPatches;