diff --git a/kas/kas-security-alt.yml b/kas/kas-security-alt.yml
index 3ee9808..2a449c5 100644
--- a/kas/kas-security-alt.yml
+++ b/kas/kas-security-alt.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 header:
-    version: 9
+    version: 19
     includes: 
         - kas-security-base.yml
 
 local_conf_header:
   alt: |
-      DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " systemd"
+      INIT_MANAGER = "systemd"
diff --git a/kas/kas-security-base.yml b/kas/kas-security-base.yml
index 3bf46db..78c0b04 100644
--- a/kas/kas-security-base.yml
+++ b/kas/kas-security-base.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 header:
-  version: 9
+  version: 19
 
 distro: poky
 
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ repos:
       meta-hardening:
 
   poky:
-    url: https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/poky
-    refspec: master
+    url: "https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/poky"
+    branch: kirkstone
     layers:
       meta:
       meta-poky:
       meta-yocto-bsp:
-
+ 
   meta-openembedded:
-    url: http://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded
-    refspec: master
+    url: "http://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded"
+    branch: kirkstone
     layers:
       meta-oe:
       meta-perl:
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ local_conf_header:
     INHERIT += "report-error"
     INHERIT += "testimage"
     INHERIT += "rm_work"
-    BB_NUMBER_THREADS="24"
-    BB_NUMBER_PARSE_THREADS="12"
+    BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "24"
+    BB_NUMBER_PARSE_THREADS = "12"
     BB_TASK_NICE_LEVEL = '5'
     BB_TASK_NICE_LEVEL_task-testimage = '0'
     BB_TASK_IONICE_LEVEL = '2.7'
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ local_conf_header:
     PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_ipk"
 
     DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " security pam apparmor smack ima tpm tpm2"
+    DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "ptest"
     MACHINE_FEATURES:append = " tpm tpm2"
 
   diskmon: |
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ local_conf_header:
     ABORT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
     ABORT,/tmp,10M,1K"
 
+  dlsstate: |
+    DL_DIR = "/home/gitlab-runner/build/downloads"
+    SSTATE_DIR = "/home/gitlab-runner/build/sstate-cache"
+
 bblayers_conf_header:
   base: |
     BBPATH = "${TOPDIR}"
diff --git a/kas/kas-security-dm.yml b/kas/kas-security-dm.yml
index c03b336..fe74d25 100644
--- a/kas/kas-security-dm.yml
+++ b/kas/kas-security-dm.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 header:
-    version: 9
+    version: 19
     includes: 
         - kas-security-base.yml
 
diff --git a/kas/kas-security-parsec.yml b/kas/kas-security-parsec.yml
index 9a009be..cb59fba 100644
--- a/kas/kas-security-parsec.yml
+++ b/kas/kas-security-parsec.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 header:
-    version: 9
+    version: 19
     includes:
         - kas-security-base.yml
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repos:
 
   meta-clang:
     url: https://github.com/kraj/meta-clang.git
-    refspec: master
+    branch: kirkstone
 
 local_conf_header:
   meta-parsec: |
diff --git a/kas/qemuarm64-musl.yml b/kas/qemuarm64-musl.yml
index b353eb4..f01f759 100644
--- a/kas/qemuarm64-musl.yml
+++ b/kas/qemuarm64-musl.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ header:
 local_conf_header:
     musl: |
         TCLIBC = "musl"
+        DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "apparmor"
 
 machine: qemuarm64
diff --git a/kas/qemux86-musl.yml b/kas/qemux86-musl.yml
index 61d9572..aa6572c 100644
--- a/kas/qemux86-musl.yml
+++ b/kas/qemux86-musl.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ header:
 local_conf_header:
     musl: |
         TCLIBC = "musl"
+        DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "apparmor"
 
 machine: qemux86
diff --git a/kas/qemux86-test.yml b/kas/qemux86-test.yml
index 83a5353..98f1e7f 100644
--- a/kas/qemux86-test.yml
+++ b/kas/qemux86-test.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ header:
   includes:
     - kas-security-base.yml
 
+local_conf_header:
+  ptest: |
+      DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " ptest"
+
 machine: qemux86