diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
index 74d6a2ce41..ad89eac1b3 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ CONFIG_NF_LOG_COMMON
 CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING
 CONFIG_ARM64_UAO
 CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
+CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index 5595fa46c0..f906e1845d 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-95
+96