2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc
index 06de778b5b..c29279209b 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0"
 # kernel-related variables
 #
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "4.15%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "4.18%"
 
 #
 # XSERVER subcomponents, used to build the XSERVER variable
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index 9403b1e7e3..d2f2c85c3f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ QB_MACHINE = "-machine versatilepb"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet -device virtio-rng-pci"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "4.15%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "4.18%"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"