diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go
index b64c49ff5..b317cb99d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/linux64.go
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ package linux
 
 const (
 	_LINUX_SYSNAME = "Linux"
-	_LINUX_RELEASE = "4.4"
+	_LINUX_RELEASE = "4.4.0"
 	_LINUX_VERSION = "#1 SMP Sun Jan 10 15:06:54 PST 2016"
 )