diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc
index db1880e5..d6590636 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD:wic[vardeps] += "GRUB_LINUX_APPEND"
 
 # Linux kernel
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "6.6.%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "6.10.%"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE:firmware = "Image.gz"
 # add FF-A support in the kernel