diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf
index 156dda8..e2330e9 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include conf/machine/include/arm/armv7a/tune-cortexa8.inc
 IMAGE_FSTYPES += "wic wic.xz wic.bmap"
 WKS_FILE ?= "beaglebone-sdcard.wks.in"
 COREOS_INSTALLER_WKS_FILE ?= "beaglebone-sdcard-installer.wks"
-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-image kernel-devicetree"
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-image"
 do_image_wic[depends] += "mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot gptfdisk-native:do_populate_sysroot virtual/bootloader:do_deploy"
 do_image_wic[recrdeptask] += "do_bootimg"
 
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/include/coreos-generic-machine/vm.inc b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/include/coreos-generic-machine/vm.inc
index c4a45d2..be9f36e 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/include/coreos-generic-machine/vm.inc
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/include/coreos-generic-machine/vm.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "wifi efi"
 # Add an override that work for all pc image
 MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "vm:"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.15%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "6.6%"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules linux-firmware"
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend
index be7465b..da6a60f 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:eagle40-03 = "eagle40-03"
 KMACHINE:beaglebone ?= "beaglebone"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:beaglebone = "beaglebone"
 
+KMACHINE:vm-x64 ?= "common-pc-64"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:vm-x64 = "vm-x64"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:vm-x64=" cfg/virtio.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+SRC_URI:append:vm-x64 = " file://hyperv.cfg"
+
 require ${@bb.utils.contains("COMBINED_FEATURES", "efi", "linux-yocto-coreos-efi.inc", "", d)}
 
 SRC_URI += " file://eagle40-03.cfg"