diff --git a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow-noemgd.conf b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow-noemgd.conf
index 54e1bbc5..21875f85 100644
--- a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow-noemgd.conf
+++ b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow-noemgd.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for eMenlow based systems, like the Webs-2120 box, without the Intel-proprietary graphics bits
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.14%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.17%"
 
 require conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
 require conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc