diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb
index d45c62a..08d983e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 PV = "0.6+git${SRCPV}"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/kexecboot/kexecboot.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/kexecboot/kexecboot.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRC_URI:append:libc-klibc = "\
     file://0001-kexecboot-Use-new-reboot-API-with-klibc.patch \
     file://0001-make-Add-compiler-includes-in-cflags.patch \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut/0001-util.h-include-sys-reg.h-when-libc-glibc.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut/0001-util.h-include-sys-reg.h-when-libc-glibc.patch
index 3271403..aa2ea72 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut/0001-util.h-include-sys-reg.h-when-libc-glibc.patch
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut/0001-util.h-include-sys-reg.h-when-libc-glibc.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 06011ce55b1e892e863568a73d64eebc6389544f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 9f7740c4c2fda64029c23674e9858ce8bd4367df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:14:05 -0700
 Subject: [PATCH] util.h: include <sys/reg.h> when libc != glibc
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
 ---
- install/util.h | 3 +++
+ src/install/util.h | 3 +++
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 
-diff --git a/install/util.h b/install/util.h
-index 2ad3254d..062626ec 100644
---- a/install/util.h
-+++ b/install/util.h
+diff --git a/src/install/util.h b/src/install/util.h
+index a6f9a184..82732913 100644
+--- a/src/install/util.h
++++ b/src/install/util.h
 @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <dirent.h>
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
  #include "macro.h"
  
 -- 
-2.13.2
+2.17.1
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb
similarity index 96%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_git.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb
index 73c2e09..91514b8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 PE = "1"
-PV = "051"
 
-SRCREV = "e473057ae1de303340dec297c786c4a701cc61bd"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git;protocol=http \
+SRCREV = "86bf2533d77762e823ad7a3e06a574522c1a90e3"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
            file://0001-util.h-include-sys-reg.h-when-libc-glibc.patch \
            "
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb
index c4d7410..b224a5c 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "79c5cfa02c567efdc5bb18cdd584789e2e35aa23"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rhboot/grubby.git;protocol=https; \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rhboot/grubby.git;protocol=https;;branch=master \
            file://grubby-rename-grub2-editenv-to-grub-editenv.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
            file://0001-Add-another-variable-LIBS-to-provides-libraries-from.patch \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb
index 38075e3..43fcc1a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "a1d2ae93408c3408e672d7eba4550fdf27fb0201"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rhboot/grubby.git;protocol=https; \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rhboot/grubby.git;protocol=https;;branch=master \
            file://grubby-rename-grub2-editenv-to-grub-editenv.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
            file://0001-Add-another-variable-LIBS-to-provides-libraries-from.patch \
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "bash"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest = "util-linux-getopt bash"
 
+inherit update-alternatives
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "installkernel"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[installkernel] = "${sbindir}/installkernel"
+
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(x86_64.*|i.86.*)-(linux|freebsd.*)'
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb
index 4d944a1..e5446c1 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 inherit autotools pkgconfig klibc
 
 SRCREV = "64f61a9dc71b158c7084006cbce4ea23886f0b47"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git \
+SRC_URI = "git://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git;branch=master \
              file://0001-libmissing.h-fix-klibc-build-when-using-glibc-toolch.patch \
              file://0002-Instead-of-doing-preprocessor-magic-just-output-off_.patch \
              file://0003-Makefile.am-only-build-ubi-utils.patch \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb
index 393f04f..a588296 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 inherit klibc autotools siteinfo
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git;branch=master"
 SRCREV = "5750980cdbbc33ef75bfba6660295b932376ce15"
 
 BUILD_PATCHES = "file://0001-force-static-build.patch \