diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.arm64.conf.in b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.arm64.conf.in
index 8f6680111a..b655581061 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.arm64.conf.in
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.arm64.conf.in
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-# Support for loading modules.
+# Support for loading modules and firmware.
 # It is used to support loading GPU drivers.
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
 
 # CRYPTO_FIPS requires this config when loading modules is enabled.
 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.x86_64.conf.in b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.x86_64.conf.in
index c411b2d0de..034c13c67a 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.x86_64.conf.in
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/gpu/nvidia.x86_64.conf.in
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # It's used to enable the MMIO access method for PCIe devices.
 CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
 
-# Support for loading modules.
+# Support for loading modules and firmware
 # It is used to support loading GPU drivers.
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
 
 # Linux kernel version suffix
 CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-nvidia-gpu${CONF_GUEST_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index f2c1eeebb3..de8febe1c7 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-167
+168