diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/conf/distro/include/arm-autonomy-host.inc b/meta-arm-autonomy/conf/distro/include/arm-autonomy-host.inc
index b7b6af77..3a4e89f0 100644
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/conf/distro/include/arm-autonomy-host.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/conf/distro/include/arm-autonomy-host.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " xen ipv4"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE_append = " arm-autonomy-host"
 
+# Since meta-virtualization master branch bumped to 4.15+stable we need to
+# force the 4.14+stable selection until we validate the new version
+PREFERRED_VERSION_xen = "4.14+stable%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_xen-tools = "4.14+stable%"
+
 # Don't include kernels in standard images when building arm-autonomy-host
 # If the kernel image is needed in the rootfs the following should be set from
 # a bbappend: RDEPENDS_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = "${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-image"