diff --git a/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf b/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf
index 42bbfb12..307d9bd2 100644
--- a/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf
+++ b/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for Crown Bay systems, without Intel-proprietary graphics bits
 # i.e. E660 + EG20T
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.10%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.14%"
 
 require conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc