diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 8e2a4c0324..a6cded787b 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ configs/engicam_imx6ul_geam_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/engicam_imx6ul_isiot_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/freescale_imx28evk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/freescale_imx6ullevk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/freescale_imx7dsabresd_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/freescale_imx8dxlevk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/freescale_imx8mmevk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/freescale_imx8mnevk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash b/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5808d92afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../linux/linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c4223976b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  c70adedadce88f8685cb26d9703b930292c1349138e2c55ed9b4cd6e277de3bd  linux-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e0d729ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  179b6531ef1d4ce681d139741ac7b4144220c90b7223297df28b61e98e8d37fc  uboot-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/configs/freescale_imx7dsabresd_defconfig b/configs/freescale_imx7dsabresd_defconfig
index d337865831..f00144239e 100644
--- a/configs/freescale_imx7dsabresd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freescale_imx7dsabresd_defconfig
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a7=y
 
-# Linux headers same as kernel, a 5.10 series
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_10=y
+# patches
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/freescale/imx7dsdb/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
+
+# Linux headers same as kernel, a 6.6 series
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_6=y
 
 # system
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttymxc0"
@@ -11,10 +15,10 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttymxc0"
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,linux-imx,lf-5.10.y-1.0.0)/linux-imx-lf-5.10.y-1.0.0.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,linux-imx,lf-6.6.23-2.0.0)/linux-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="imx_v7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="imx7d-sdb"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="nxp/imx/imx7d-sdb"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 
 # filesystem
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARDNAME="mx7dsabresd"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-5.10.y-1.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-5.10.y-1.0.0.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-6.6.23-2.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_IMX=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y