diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mft.mk b/platform/mellanox/mft.mk
index 966cb48c013f..ef9be7be379f 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mft.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mft.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Mellanox SAI
 
-MFT = mft-4.5.0-31.amd64.deb
+MFT = mft-4.8.0-26.amd64.deb
 $(MFT)_SRC_PATH = $(PLATFORM_PATH)/mft
 $(MFT)_DEPENDS += $(LINUX_HEADERS) $(LINUX_HEADERS_COMMON)
 SONIC_MAKE_DEBS += $(MFT)
 
-KERNEL_MFT = kernel-mft-dkms_4.5.0-3.16.0-4-amd64_all.deb
+KERNEL_MFT = kernel-mft-dkms_4.8.0-4.9.0-3-amd64_all.deb
 $(eval $(call add_derived_package,$(MFT),$(KERNEL_MFT)))
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mft/Makefile b/platform/mellanox/mft/Makefile
index a5b1e8609b70..c60562ea22e8 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mft/Makefile
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mft/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 .ONESHELL:
 SHELL = /bin/bash
+.SHELLFLAGS += -e
 
-MFT_NAME = mft-4.5.0-31-x86_64-deb
+MFT_NAME = mft-4.8.0-26-x86_64-deb
 MFT_TGZ = $(MFT_NAME).tgz
-KERNELVER = 3.16.0-4-amd64
-SRC_DEB = kernel-mft-dkms_4.5.0-31_all.deb
+KERNELVER = 4.9.0-3-amd64
+SRC_DEB = kernel-mft-dkms_4.8.0-26_all.deb
 
-MAIN_TARGET = mft-4.5.0-31.amd64.deb
-DERIVED_TARGETS = kernel-mft-dkms_4.5.0-3.16.0-4-amd64_all.deb
+MAIN_TARGET = mft-4.8.0-26.amd64.deb
+DERIVED_TARGETS = kernel-mft-dkms_4.8.0-4.9.0-3-amd64_all.deb
 
 $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 	rm -rf $(MFT_NAME)
@@ -18,15 +19,15 @@ $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 	# put a lock here because dpkg does not allow installing packages in parallel
 	while true; do
 	if mkdir $(DEST)/dpkg_lock &> /dev/null; then
-	{ echo here && sudo dpkg -i $(SRC_DEB) && rm -d $(DEST)/dpkg_lock && break; } || { rm -d $(DEST)/dpkg_lock && exit 1 ; }
+	{ sudo dpkg -i $(SRC_DEB) && rm -d $(DEST)/dpkg_lock && break; } || { rm -d $(DEST)/dpkg_lock && exit 1 ; }
 	fi
 	done
 
-	tar xvf `sudo dkms mkdriverdisk kernel-mft-dkms/4.5.0 -a all -d ubuntu -k $(KERNELVER) --media tar | grep "Disk image location" | cut -d':' -f2`
+	tar xvf `sudo dkms mkdriverdisk kernel-mft-dkms/4.8.0 -a all -d ubuntu -k $(KERNELVER) --media tar | grep "Disk image location" | cut -d':' -f2`
 	popd
 
 	# fix timestamp because we do not actually build tools, only kernel
 	touch $(MFT_NAME)/DEBS/$*
-	mv $(MFT_NAME)/SDEBS/ubuntu-drivers/3.16.0/$(DERIVED_TARGETS) $(MFT_NAME)/DEBS/$* $(DEST)
+	mv $(MFT_NAME)/SDEBS/ubuntu-drivers/4.9.0/$(DERIVED_TARGETS) $(MFT_NAME)/DEBS/$* $(DEST)
 
 $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(DERIVED_TARGETS)): $(DEST)/% : $(DEST)/$(MAIN_TARGET)