diff --git a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild
index 2c1a7989da..db2b61f17d 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.SlackBuild
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
 # 1.5   01-JULY-2011	new version, kill SRCSUFFIX nonsense, use blacklist in /extra
 # 1.6   30-AUG-2011     version bump, typo clean ups
 # 1.7	21-OCT-2011	version bump.
+# 1.7	26-DEC-2011	version bump
 
 PRGNAM=nvidia-kernel
-VERSION=285.05.09
+VERSION=290.10
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info
index 014717fd2a..8c1a3fc540 100644
--- a/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info
+++ b/system/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="nvidia-kernel"
-VERSION="285.05.09"
+VERSION="290.10"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.nvidia.com"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/285.05.09/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-285.05.09.run"
-MD5SUM="2d469a90abef50320f548cfa8085e3a0"
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/285.05.09/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-285.05.09.run"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="4d645c795817284296bfcc644b0c9fd2"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/290.10/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run"
+MD5SUM="50319a4b3818c12c9c7243525e0e6316"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/290.10/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="c07c8ebbf36eb20199b980fddc13737d"
 MAINTAINER="Edward Koenig"
 EMAIL="kingbeowulf@gmail.com"
 APPROVED="rworkman"