diff --git a/src/tests/qemu/Makefile b/src/tests/qemu/Makefile
index 4efecd34..7c1a6779 100644
--- a/src/tests/qemu/Makefile
+++ b/src/tests/qemu/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif
 ARCH := $(firstword $(subst -, ,$(CBUILD)))
 
 # Set these from the environment to override
-KERNEL_VERSION ?= 5.4.77
+KERNEL_VERSION ?= 5.4.99
 KERNEL_VERSION := $(KERNEL_VERSION)$(if $(DEBUG_KERNEL),$(if $(findstring -debug,$(KERNEL_VERSION)),,-debug),)
 BUILD_PATH ?= $(PWD)/../../../qemu-build/$(ARCH)
 DISTFILES_PATH ?= $(PWD)/distfiles