diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
index b70924f7d9..4052eacdb5 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0"
 # kernel-related variables
 #
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.15%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.19%"
 
 #
 # XSERVER subcomponents, used to build the XSERVER variable
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
index abdae5f361..fe6c0117a8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarmv5.conf
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ QB_GRAPHICS = "-device virtio-gpu-pci"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.15%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "5.19%"
 KMACHINE:qemuarmv5 = "arm-versatile-926ejs"