diff --git a/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index aa041e2..f999992 100644
--- a/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.0%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.2%"
 
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDKMACHINE}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}-${MACHINE}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"