diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc b/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
index 4052eac..c3cc0db 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # kernel-related variables
 #
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.19%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "6.1%"
 
 #
 # XSERVER subcomponents, used to build the XSERVER variable