diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/cgroup.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/cgroup.conf
index 429983a5f8..1976f440d2 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/cgroup.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/cgroup.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF=y
 CONFIG_SOCK_CGROUP_DATA=y
 
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