diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
index 6940efe..48e83f1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.4%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.8%"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"
 
 KMACHINE_qemuarmv5 = "qemuarm"