diff --git a/test/cases/020_kernel/011_config_5.4.x/test.yml b/test/cases/020_kernel/011_config_5.4.x/test.yml
index 1ee80ac70..5557d27e6 100644
--- a/test/cases/020_kernel/011_config_5.4.x/test.yml
+++ b/test/cases/020_kernel/011_config_5.4.x/test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kernel:
-  image: linuxkit/kernel:5.4.129
+  image: linuxkit/kernel:5.4.156
   cmdline: "console=ttyS0 console=ttyAMA0"
 init:
   - linuxkit/init:43c52456571369d62882605e4d510f0df3ed93de
diff --git a/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/Dockerfile b/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/Dockerfile
index 7a9edbc83..bb9ab15d1 100644
--- a/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # In the last stage, it creates a package, which can be used for
 # testing.
 
-FROM linuxkit/kernel:5.4.129 AS ksrc
+FROM linuxkit/kernel:5.4.156 AS ksrc
 
 # Extract headers and compile module
-FROM linuxkit/kernel:5.4.129-builder AS build
+FROM linuxkit/kernel:5.4.156-builder AS build
 RUN apk add build-base elfutils-dev
 
 COPY --from=ksrc /kernel-dev.tar /
diff --git a/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.sh b/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.sh
index 9ee01d19f..85f8e5b7f 100644
--- a/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.sh
+++ b/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ clean_up() {
 trap clean_up EXIT
 
 # Make sure we have the latest kernel image
-docker pull linuxkit/kernel:5.4.129
+docker pull linuxkit/kernel:5.4.156
 # Build a package
 docker build -t ${IMAGE_NAME} .
 
diff --git a/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.yml b/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.yml
index f7de208a4..9f0d9d912 100644
--- a/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.yml
+++ b/test/cases/020_kernel/111_kmod_5.4.x/test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kernel:
-  image: linuxkit/kernel:5.4.129
+  image: linuxkit/kernel:5.4.156
   cmdline: "console=ttyS0 console=ttyAMA0"
 init:
   - linuxkit/init:43c52456571369d62882605e4d510f0df3ed93de
diff --git a/test/cases/020_kernel/211_tags_5.4.x/test.sh b/test/cases/020_kernel/211_tags_5.4.x/test.sh
index f769b9aab..34451d3ee 100644
--- a/test/cases/020_kernel/211_tags_5.4.x/test.sh
+++ b/test/cases/020_kernel/211_tags_5.4.x/test.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-KERNEL=linuxkit/kernel:5.4.129
+KERNEL=linuxkit/kernel:5.4.156
 
 # just include the common test
 . ../tags.sh