diff --git a/bazel/test_runners/qemu_with_kernel/runner.bzl b/bazel/test_runners/qemu_with_kernel/runner.bzl
index 5db4422868c..0293b1a5ffa 100644
--- a/bazel/test_runners/qemu_with_kernel/runner.bzl
+++ b/bazel/test_runners/qemu_with_kernel/runner.bzl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ qemu_with_kernel_test_runner = rule(
     implementation = _test_runner_impl,
     attrs = {
         "kernel_image": attr.label(
-            default = Label("@linux_build_6_1_18_x86_64//file:linux-build.tar.gz"),
+            default = Label("@linux_build_6_1_106_x86_64//file:linux-build.tar.gz"),
             allow_single_file = True,
         ),
         "_busybox": attr.label(
diff --git a/ci/github/matrix.sh b/ci/github/matrix.sh
index a63897a1f56..31cc3ec72ff 100755
--- a/ci/github/matrix.sh
+++ b/ci/github/matrix.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ all_kernel_versions=(
 )
 default_kernel_versions=(
   "4.14.254"
-  "6.1.18"
+  "6.1.106"
 )
 kernel_versions=( "${default_kernel_versions[@]}" )