diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/init-manager-systemd.inc b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/init-manager-systemd.inc
index 595d1f2..0a76647 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/init-manager-systemd.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/init-manager-systemd.inc
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts ??= "systemd-compat-units"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_login_manager ??= "shadow-base"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager ??= "systemd"
+# systemd hardcodes /root in its source codes, other values are not offically supported
+ROOT_HOME ?= "/root"
diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index 8dc63b1..b0625a1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-webcolors = "Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-wheel = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-xmltodict = "Leon Anavi <leon.anavi@konsulko.com>"
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-yamllint = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-zipp = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-qemu = "Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-qemu-helper-native = "Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>"
diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
index 8898d53..7535992 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
 # needed by rust
 DISABLE_STATIC:pn-musl = ""
 
-# needed by shadow-native to build static executables, particularly useradd
-DISABLE_STATIC:pn-attr-native = ""
-DISABLE_STATIC:pn-libbsd-native = ""
-DISABLE_STATIC:pn-libmd-native = ""
-
 EXTRA_OECONF:append = "${DISABLE_STATIC}"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE:append:pn-libical = " -DSHARED_ONLY=True"
diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
index ef6f471..a1643c5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     libgcrypt \
     libmodule-build-perl \
     lttng-tools \
-    mdadm \
     openssh \
     openssl \
     parted \
@@ -135,6 +134,7 @@
 #    ifupdown \ # Tested separately in lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
 #    libinput \ # Tests need an unloaded system to be reliable
 #    libpam \ # Needs pam DISTRO_FEATURE
+#    mdadm \ # tests are flaky in AB.
 #    numactl \ # qemu not (yet) configured for numa; all tests are skipped
 #    libseccomp \ #  tests failed: 38; add to slow tests once addressed
 #    python3-numpy \ # requires even more RAM and (possibly) disk space; multiple failures
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
     libinput \
     libpam \
     libseccomp \
+    mdadm \
     numactl \
     python3-license-expression \
     python3-numpy \
diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc
index 3720a4c5..a12b202 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-default.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 GDBVERSION ?= "14.%"
 GLIBCVERSION ?= "2.38%"
 LINUXLIBCVERSION ?= "6.6%"
-QEMUVERSION ?= "8.1%"
+QEMUVERSION ?= "8.2%"
 GOVERSION ?= "1.20%"
 LLVMVERSION ?= "17.%"
 RUSTVERSION ?= "1.74%"