diff --git a/meta-sugarbay/conf/machine/sugarbay.conf b/meta-sugarbay/conf/machine/sugarbay.conf
index ac4b646a..5fd49997 100644
--- a/meta-sugarbay/conf/machine/sugarbay.conf
+++ b/meta-sugarbay/conf/machine/sugarbay.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "va-impl-intel"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.4%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.8%"
 
 require conf/machine/include/tune-x86_64.inc
 require conf/machine/include/ia32-base.inc