diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
index fa7275fe2d..618af40306 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyO0 115200;ttyAMA0"
 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "${SERIAL_CONSOLES}"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.10%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.13%"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "zImage"
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "am335x-bone.dtb am335x-boneblack.dtb am335x-bonegreen.dtb"
diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf
index 447862f550..9c95f4632f 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/edgerouter.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux.bin"
 KERNEL_IMAGE_STRIP_EXTRA_SECTIONS  = ".comment"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.10%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.13%"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyS0"
 USE_VT ?= "0"
diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
index 253a855dc3..adc8ca879a 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include conf/machine/include/x86/x86-base.inc
 require conf/machine/include/x86/qemuboot-x86.inc
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "wifi efi pcbios"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.10%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.13%"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xorg"
 XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \