diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
index d843fd2156..514265e573 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericx86-64.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ DEFAULTTUNE ?= "core2-64"
 require conf/machine/include/tune-core2.inc
 require conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_genericx86-64 ?= "4.8%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_genericx86-64 ?= "4.10%"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "ttyS0"