diff --git a/kernel/6.6.x/build-args b/kernel/6.6.x/build-args
index 37826e242..16505ef9e 100644
--- a/kernel/6.6.x/build-args
+++ b/kernel/6.6.x/build-args
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 KERNEL_VERSION=6.6.71
 KERNEL_SERIES=6.6.x
-BUILD_IMAGE=linuxkit/alpine:8c02670fd2e5c28d03fd39db0bddc1379b3af6b2
+BUILD_IMAGE=linuxkit/alpine:e9313150d2cf07ad92b0adb86799dedd9a0476e4
diff --git a/kernel/Dockerfile.bcc b/kernel/Dockerfile.bcc
index 31e7bbad5..9107da013 100644
--- a/kernel/Dockerfile.bcc
+++ b/kernel/Dockerfile.bcc
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ RUN apk update && apk upgrade -a && \
   libedit-dev \
   libtool \
   libxml2 \
-  llvm \
-  llvm-dev \
-  llvm-static \
-  llvm17-gtest \
+  llvm19 \
+  llvm19-dev \
+  llvm19-static \
+  llvm19-gtest \
   luajit-dev \
   m4 \
   musl-fts-dev \
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 93b1aba1c..7dbdd666f 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RM = rm -f
 # Name and Org on Hub
 ORG?=linuxkit
 IMAGE?=kernel
-IMAGE_BUILDER=linuxkit/alpine:8c02670fd2e5c28d03fd39db0bddc1379b3af6b2
+IMAGE_BUILDER=linuxkit/alpine:e9313150d2cf07ad92b0adb86799dedd9a0476e4
 
 # You can specify an extra options for the Makefile. This will:
 # - append a config$(EXTRA) to the kernel config for your kernel/arch