diff --git a/support/testing/tests/fs/test_oci.py b/support/testing/tests/fs/test_oci.py
index 0ecf58f626..38ed168b62 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/fs/test_oci.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/fs/test_oci.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class TestOci(infra.basetest.BRTest):
         BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
         BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
         BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.10.61"
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.18.21"
         BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
         BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config"
         BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y