diff --git a/cmd/distri/pack.go b/cmd/distri/pack.go
index 0e9106b5..f5195711 100644
--- a/cmd/distri/pack.go
+++ b/cmd/distri/pack.go
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ name=root`)
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile("/mnt/etc/dracut.conf.d/kbddir.conf", []byte("kbddir=/ro/share\n"), 0644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	dracut := exec.Command("sudo", "chroot", "/mnt", "sh", "-c", "dracut /boot/initramfs-5.1.9-9.img 5.1.9")
+	dracut := exec.Command("sudo", "chroot", "/mnt", "sh", "-c", "dracut /boot/initramfs-5.4.6-11.img 5.4.6")
 	dracut.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	dracut.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	if err := dracut.Run(); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkgs/linux/build.textproto b/pkgs/linux/build.textproto
index 5674ecf9..43c5ac64 100644
--- a/pkgs/linux/build.textproto
+++ b/pkgs/linux/build.textproto
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-source: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.1.9.tar.xz"
-hash: "58c9eca99c3dd2fff5b559302996c985c3f3f2aad0b99b2172a61c4df7122a79"
-version: "5.1.9-9"
+source: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.4.6.tar.xz"
+hash: "fda561bcdea397ddd59656319c53871002938b19b554f30efed90affa30989c8"
+version: "5.4.6-11"
 
 cbuilder: <
   copy_to_builddir: true
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dep: "openssl"
 dep: "perl"
 dep: "gzip"
 dep: "kmod"
+dep: "rsync"
 
 build_step: <
   argv: "make"
diff --git a/pkgs/rsync/build.textproto b/pkgs/rsync/build.textproto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8529cbd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/rsync/build.textproto
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+source: "https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync-3.1.3.tar.gz"
+hash: "55cc554efec5fdaad70de921cd5a5eeb6c29a95524c715f3bbf849235b0800c0"
+version: "3.1.3-1"
+
+cbuilder: <>
+
+# build dependencies:
+dep: "perl"