diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.28.3.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.28.3.bb
index 9872a6de3b..f2b10a5c69 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.28.3.bb
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.28.3.bb
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3dc49537b08b14c8b66ad247bb4c4593"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2c96a946bfb0882a21744ed429770a2123ae1828c7c48665092993ddee91a918"
 
 CVE_STATUS[CVE-2025-53859] = "cpe-stable-backport: Fix is included in 1.28.1"
+
+# Set DEFAULT_PREFERENCE so that the 1.30.x stable version is built by
+# default. To build the 1.28.x branch,
+# PREFERRED_VERSION_nginx = "1.28.%" can be added to local.conf
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.29.7.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.29.7.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d884fcbb3..0000000000
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.29.7.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-require nginx.inc
-
-# 1.28.x branch is the current stable branch, the recommended default
-# 1.29.x is the current mainline branches containing all new features
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
-
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=79da1c70d587d3a199af9255ad393f99"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "673f8fb8c0961c44fbd9410d6161831453609b44063d3f2948253fc2b5692139"
-
diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.30.0.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.30.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..139fe24dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx_1.30.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require nginx.inc
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=79da1c70d587d3a199af9255ad393f99"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "058188c64bf22baecaa72b809a6318a4f9ba623889c554feab03f7cb853ab31b"
+