diff --git a/meta-isg/meta-haswell-wc/conf/machine/haswell-wc.conf b/meta-isg/meta-haswell-wc/conf/machine/haswell-wc.conf
index 994181fc..d6e62169 100644
--- a/meta-isg/meta-haswell-wc/conf/machine/haswell-wc.conf
+++ b/meta-isg/meta-haswell-wc/conf/machine/haswell-wc.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # a Shark Bay development kit.
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.14%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.19%"
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "pcbios efi va-impl-intel"