diff --git a/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf b/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf
index 33e612258..c59807477 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf
+++ b/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/base.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
 CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
 CONFIG_X86_X2APIC=y
 CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP=y
+
+# Use the maximum number of CPUs supported by KVM (240)
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=240
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index 4b9026d8e..900731ffd 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-63
+64