diff --git a/meta-sys940x/conf/machine/sys940x.conf b/meta-sys940x/conf/machine/sys940x.conf
index ad53961f..a84d035c 100644
--- a/meta-sys940x/conf/machine/sys940x.conf
+++ b/meta-sys940x/conf/machine/sys940x.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require conf/machine/include/meta-intel-emgd.inc
 # Add "pcbios" if you have a non-efi version of the firmware
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "efi pcbios gst-va-mixvideo"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.8%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.10%"
 
 MACHINE_HWCODECS ?= "va-intel"
 XSERVERCODECS ?= "emgd-driver-video emgd-gst-plugins-va \