diff --git a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
index 4358429e95..017e9bf129 100644
--- a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
+++ b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ declare -g BOARD_FIRMWARE_INSTALL="-full"
 #}
 
 function post_family_config_branch_sc8280xp__x13s_steenv_kernel() {
-	declare -g KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="6.16" # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
-	declare -g KERNELBRANCH='branch:lenovo-x13s-linux-6.16.y'
+	declare -g KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="6.17" # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
+	declare -g KERNELBRANCH='branch:lenovo-x13s-linux-6.17.y'
 	declare -g KERNELSOURCE='https://github.com/steev/linux.git'
 	declare -g LINUXCONFIG="linux-${ARCH}-${BRANCH}" # for this board: linux-arm64-sc8280xp
 	display_alert "Set up steev's kernel ${KERNELBRANCH} for" "${BOARD}" "info"