diff --git a/configs/versal2_vek385_defconfig b/configs/versal2_vek385_defconfig
index 76eb455043..13df1a9c84 100644
--- a/configs/versal2_vek385_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal2_vek385_defconfig
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf riscv32-buildroot-elf"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_MULTILIB=y
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/xilinx_v2026.1/patches"
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/xilinx_v2026.1/patches board/xilinx/linux_6.18.40/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/versal2/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/versal2/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="ttyAMA1,115200 sdd2"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1)/xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1_update_merge_v6.18.40)/xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1_update_merge_v6.18.40.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="xilinx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_XILINX_FPGAUTIL=y