diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
index a9184b149c..d6e04444f6 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # configuration options which may dropped in newer kernels
 # without generating an error in fragment merging
+CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM
+CONFIG_ARM64_CRYPTO
 CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4
 CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED
 CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_DCCP
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_GRE
 CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_SCTP
 CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_UDPLITE
 CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL
+CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP
 CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP_ENABLED
 CONFIG_HAVE_NET_DSA
 CONFIG_NF_LOG_COMMON
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index bc6298e80a..58c9bdf9d0 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-110
+111
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/patches/6.1.x/no_patches.txt b/tools/packaging/kernel/patches/6.1.x/no_patches.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index a1ce76f9ff..2fc4fc7ea8 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ assets:
 
   kernel:
     description: "Linux kernel optimised for virtual machines"
-    url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/"
-    version: "v5.19.2"
+    url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/"
+    version: "v6.1.38"
     sev:
       description: "Linux kernel that supports SEV and SNP"
       url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/"