diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 4f502fd4ff8db1..e4eef1ff8f072d 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 0.7.6.1 (2020-06-16)
+========================
+* Hotfix: update kernel on some comma twos (orders #8570-#8680)
+
 Version 0.7.6 (2020-06-05)
 ========================
 * White panda is deprecated, upgrade to comma two or black panda
diff --git a/installer/updater/update_kernel.json b/installer/updater/update_kernel.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..41dc595b00fb44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/updater/update_kernel.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "ota_url": "https://commadist.azureedge.net/neosupdate/ota-signed-3bd2b3bdd6a501569e00b8f12786d65e0fd2788c0dd238f8c986e3e2e504683a-kernel.zip",
+  "ota_hash": "3bd2b3bdd6a501569e00b8f12786d65e0fd2788c0dd238f8c986e3e2e504683a",
+  "recovery_url": "https://commadist.azureedge.net/neosupdate/recovery-97c27e6ed04ed6bb0608b845a2d4100912093f9380c3f2ba6b56bccd608e5f6e.img",
+  "recovery_len": 15861036,
+  "recovery_hash": "97c27e6ed04ed6bb0608b845a2d4100912093f9380c3f2ba6b56bccd608e5f6e"
+}
diff --git a/launch_chffrplus.sh b/launch_chffrplus.sh
index f88f6fb7d1b6f2..6b77478f7ef166 100755
--- a/launch_chffrplus.sh
+++ b/launch_chffrplus.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ function launch {
     fi
 
     "$DIR/installer/updater/updater" "file://$DIR/installer/updater/update.json"
+  else
+      if [[ $(uname -v) == "#1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 10 12:40:53 PDT 2020" ]]; then
+          "$DIR/installer/updater/updater" "file://$DIR/installer/updater/update_kernel.json"
+      fi
   fi
 
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/common/version.h b/selfdrive/common/version.h
index 57e0b1798b53f1..9bad817fcb6b92 100644
--- a/selfdrive/common/version.h
+++ b/selfdrive/common/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define COMMA_VERSION "0.7.6-release"
+#define COMMA_VERSION "0.7.6.1-release"