diff --git a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-4gb-wheezy.sh b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-4gb-wheezy.sh
index e2b49b366ed801d83c34d865993af30daad85913..890eadb890af5f614188d22f679b9853d25ef58c 100755
--- a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-4gb-wheezy.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-4gb-wheezy.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 chromium_release="chromium-33.0.1750.117"
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date
diff --git a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-jessie.sh b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-jessie.sh
index 14758f3b69d042b57b1d89497592c805c8070355..042a7315afc4c87a7b914c5c911fa38dfc287d05 100755
--- a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-jessie.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-jessie.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date
diff --git a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-wheezy.sh b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-wheezy.sh
index 62a3e29173645aae4740e5eebcb96df1ce484fe8..24e9c317aef32c150ec816754d93c8a435e39c20 100755
--- a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-wheezy.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-console-wheezy.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 chromium_release="chromium-33.0.1750.117"
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date
diff --git a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh
index 5e2063ab1d1eb338063025887b1f41152dec004b..98c2340850e3113afdaf6d519ad2c5fb7e6664fc 100755
--- a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-jessie.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date
diff --git a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-wheezy.sh b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-wheezy.sh
index 4a3d8792b8d77fc66eff86a8e1c2a0f1ac3e2ed6..364c3df687a98dd30a8f0bef60d55cc9a58bbc29 100755
--- a/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-wheezy.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/beagleboard.org-wheezy.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 chromium_release="chromium-33.0.1750.117"
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date
diff --git a/target/chroot/machinekit-jessie.sh b/target/chroot/machinekit-jessie.sh
index 5a154052965a0dd9ee6d3631ab911cb1f302c0d6..8c582157f1b3b3841d1612e2d58d0f2c945559a4 100755
--- a/target/chroot/machinekit-jessie.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/machinekit-jessie.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date
diff --git a/target/chroot/machinekit-wheezy.sh b/target/chroot/machinekit-wheezy.sh
index e104c7bdd5887e732b6dce1bf4dbe51056478e43..c3c1439c908ecdfa9093dd9dd50c130ff75c67b9 100755
--- a/target/chroot/machinekit-wheezy.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/machinekit-wheezy.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 chromium_release="chromium-33.0.1750.117"
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="v2015.07"
 #bone101_git_sha="50e01966e438ddc43b9177ad4e119e5274a0130d"
 
diff --git a/target/chroot/seeed-jessie.sh b/target/chroot/seeed-jessie.sh
index f44bbe69b82f67eec20ab1f51beb1f4d5b9d9eeb..4cb58c1f2cb94950ad57fa1d4e0542cdd9e4cc95 100755
--- a/target/chroot/seeed-jessie.sh
+++ b/target/chroot/seeed-jessie.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-u_boot_release="v2016.03"
+u_boot_release="v2016.09-rc2"
 u_boot_release_x15="ti-2016.05"
 
 #contains: rfs_username, release_date