diff --git a/kernel/configs/fragments/common/security.conf b/kernel/configs/fragments/common/security.conf
index 3858c1041a..c5836b7457 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/fragments/common/security.conf
+++ b/kernel/configs/fragments/common/security.conf
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # Let's enable stack protection checks, and strong checks
 # Estimated cost (detailed in the kernel config files)
 # is maybe 2.3% for both
-CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR=y
 CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index 95f9650f01..e373ee695f 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-49
+50