diff --git a/package/binutils/Config.in.host b/package/binutils/Config.in.host
index efdc840..0d90e3e 100644
--- a/package/binutils/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/binutils/Config.in.host
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ endchoice
 
 config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION
 	string
-	default "arc-2016.03"	if BR2_arc
+	default "arc-2016.09-eng005"	if BR2_arc
 	default "2.24"		if BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_24_X
 	default "2.25.1"	if BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_25_X
 	default "2.26"		if BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_X
diff --git a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0700-Fix-issue-with-dynamic-relocs-not-being-generated-wi.patch b/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0700-Fix-issue-with-dynamic-relocs-not-being-generated-wi.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c2967a3..0000000
--- a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0700-Fix-issue-with-dynamic-relocs-not-being-generated-wi.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-From e59d8728f2fd57938ff28bb48cb47ddc7dbf8271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Cupertino Miranda <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
-Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 18:00:28 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with dynamic relocs not being generated with -pie.
-
----
- bfd/elf32-arc.c | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/bfd/elf32-arc.c b/bfd/elf32-arc.c
-index c2d05e4..00af1a5 100644
---- a/bfd/elf32-arc.c
-+++ b/bfd/elf32-arc.c
-@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ elf_arc_relocate_section (bfd *		   output_bfd,
- 	  case R_ARC_32_ME:
- 	  case R_ARC_PC32:
- 	  case R_ARC_32_PCREL:
--	    if (bfd_link_pic (info) && !bfd_link_pie (info)
-+	    if ((bfd_link_pic (info) || bfd_link_pie (info))
- 		&& ((r_type != R_ARC_PC32 && r_type != R_ARC_32_PCREL)
- 		    || (h != NULL
- 			&& h->dynindx != -1
-@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ elf_arc_check_relocs (bfd *		         abfd,
- 	    /* FALLTHROUGH */
- 	  case R_ARC_PC32:
- 	  case R_ARC_32_PCREL:
--	    if (bfd_link_pic (info) && !bfd_link_pie (info)
-+	    if ((bfd_link_pic (info) || bfd_link_pie (info))
- 		&& ((r_type != R_ARC_PC32 && r_type != R_ARC_32_PCREL)
- 		    || (h != NULL
- 			&& h->dynindx != -1
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0300-ld-makefile.patch b/package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0300-ld-makefile.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0300-ld-makefile.patch
rename to package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0300-ld-makefile.patch
diff --git a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0301-check-ldrunpath-length.patch b/package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0301-check-ldrunpath-length.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0301-check-ldrunpath-length.patch
rename to package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0301-check-ldrunpath-length.patch
diff --git a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0500-add-sysroot-fix-from-bug-3049.patch b/package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0500-add-sysroot-fix-from-bug-3049.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0500-add-sysroot-fix-from-bug-3049.patch
rename to package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0500-add-sysroot-fix-from-bug-3049.patch
diff --git a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0600-poison-system-directories.patch b/package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0600-poison-system-directories.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0600-poison-system-directories.patch
rename to package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0600-poison-system-directories.patch
diff --git a/package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0800-Docs-Prevent-build-failures-when-makeinfo-is-missing.patch b/package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0800-Docs-Prevent-build-failures-when-makeinfo-is-missing.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/binutils/arc-2016.03/0800-Docs-Prevent-build-failures-when-makeinfo-is-missing.patch
rename to package/binutils/arc-2016.09-eng005/0800-Docs-Prevent-build-failures-when-makeinfo-is-missing.patch
diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.hash b/package/binutils/binutils.hash
index 338bb8d..b313702 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.hash
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.hash
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ sha512  0b36dda0e6d32cd25613c0e64b56b28312515c54d6a159efd3db9a86717f114ab0a0a1f6
 sha512  e77e1b8dbbcbaf9ac2fae95c4403615808af3be03b2e1d32448cd3a7d32c43273f8bcace3f2de84ec120a982879295673029da306e2885dbf5f990584932cfc7  binutils-2.26.tar.bz2
 
 # Locally calculated (fetched from Github)
-sha512  566312760ef564902fd85e281ef1370426c1451a16eb1d3e2faea7ec62100ae70ac9a5f33a7a5f87cdc744e82dd03203378fa4db1652c6b7856d865404dd19f8  binutils-arc-2016.03.tar.gz
+sha512  a0e2974990d6087aef94fec958b9f14458e847308d59dfb6f5dd8e9d1a246c4c4885a240ba43f15a7a20aff43bccba5a664daadf7fae54415bb8298620b46c23  binutils-arc-2016.09-eng005.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index 9ed7262..2fd91ba 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 BINUTILS_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION))
 ifeq ($(BINUTILS_VERSION),)
 ifeq ($(BR2_arc),y)
-BINUTILS_VERSION = arc-2016.03
+BINUTILS_VERSION = arc-2016.09-eng005
 else
 BINUTILS_VERSION = 2.25.1
 endif
diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 3180071..44a72f1 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config BR2_GCC_VERSION
 	default "4.9.3"     if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_9_X
 	default "5.4.0"     if BR2_GCC_VERSION_5_X
 	default "6.1.0" if BR2_GCC_VERSION_6_X
-	default "arc-2016.03" if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_8_ARC
+	default "arc-2016.09-eng005" if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_8_ARC
 
 config BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS
 	string "Additional gcc options"
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2015.12/130-fix_build_with_gcc-6.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/130-fix_build_with_gcc-6.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2015.12/130-fix_build_with_gcc-6.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/130-fix_build_with_gcc-6.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/130-pr43538.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/130-pr43538.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/130-pr43538.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/130-pr43538.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/301-missing-execinfo_h.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/301-missing-execinfo_h.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/301-missing-execinfo_h.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/301-missing-execinfo_h.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/305-libmudflap-susv3-legacy.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/305-libmudflap-susv3-legacy.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/305-libmudflap-susv3-legacy.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/305-libmudflap-susv3-legacy.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/842-PR60155.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/842-PR60155.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/842-PR60155.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/842-PR60155.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/850-libstdcxx-uclibc-c99.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/850-libstdcxx-uclibc-c99.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/850-libstdcxx-uclibc-c99.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/850-libstdcxx-uclibc-c99.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/851-PR-other-56780.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/851-PR-other-56780.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/851-PR-other-56780.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/851-PR-other-56780.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/arc-2016.03/930-libgcc-disable-split-stack-nothreads.patch b/package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/930-libgcc-disable-split-stack-nothreads.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/gcc/arc-2016.03/930-libgcc-disable-split-stack-nothreads.patch
rename to package/gcc/arc-2016.09-eng005/930-libgcc-disable-split-stack-nothreads.patch
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.hash b/package/gcc/gcc.hash
index 82160bf..1b41d0a 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.hash
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.hash
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ sha512  2941cc950c8f2409a314df497631f9b0266211aa74746c1839c46e04f1c7c299afe2528d
 sha512  eeed3e2018b8c012aabce419e8d718fde701e5c3c179b4486c61ba46e5736eecc8fccdd18b01fcd973a42c6ad3116dbbe2ee247fe3757d622d373f93ebaf8d2e  gcc-6.1.0.tar.bz2
 
 # Locally calculated (fetched from Github)
-sha512  65b1eef5f8ca26941dd9b5e1bcaf4ce285cc95429eeb92b4088663577bcdb2392f9712925f38666d94207fecd244579336f753a13de1f90e5169b21d8a73bef3  gcc-arc-2016.03.tar.gz
+sha512  6234ad8d6e613bc490f8b8d92be8b348ce6cf5e803afab009936323ef5bca36ad56614f57f9ba8a3cb1b03d9f4e45a3e4529b7356a764ad2176e3ff3d0e593db  gcc-arc-2016.09-eng005.tar.gz
