diff --git a/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay.conf b/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay.conf
index c18fa1da..72431de7 100644
--- a/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay.conf
+++ b/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_IA32_BASE} \
            "
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-xorg ?= "1.9.3"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_mesa-dri ?= "7.11"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_mesa-dri ?= "8.0.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xf86-input-evdev ?= "2.6.0"
 
 APPEND += "video=vesafb vga=0x318 vmalloc=256MB"