diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a7fc27..290334f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ARG KERNEL_BRANCH=6.1
+ARG KERNEL_VERSION=6.1.170
 
 RUN git clone --depth 1 -c advice.detachedHead=false \
-    --branch "v${KERNEL_BRANCH}" https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git .
+    --branch "v${KERNEL_VERSION}" https://github.com/gregkh/linux.git .
 
 COPY patches/${KERNEL_BRANCH}/*.patch ./
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc8a8e8..317f46a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
 KERNEL_BRANCH ?= 6.1
+KERNEL_VERSION ?= 6.1.170
 MAKEFILE_DIR := $(realpath $(shell dirname $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
 # normalize machine to docker platform
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ linux.git:
 	docker build . \
 		--platform $(PLATFORM) \
 		--build-arg KERNEL_BRANCH=$(KERNEL_BRANCH) \
+		--build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=$(KERNEL_VERSION) \
 		--target linux.git \
 		--output type=image,name=$(IMAGE_TAG)
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ vmlinux:
 	docker build . \
 		--platform $(PLATFORM) \
 		--build-arg KERNEL_BRANCH=$(KERNEL_BRANCH) \
+		--build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=$(KERNEL_VERSION) \
 		--target vmlinux-out \
 		--output type=local,dest=vmlinux
 
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 1196e43..037fc67 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ variable "KERNEL_BRANCH" {
   default = "6.1"
 }
 
+variable "KERNEL_VERSION" {
+  default = "6.1.170"
+}
+
 target "default" {
   platforms = [
     "linux/amd64",
@@ -9,13 +13,15 @@ target "default" {
   ]
   target = "vmlinux-out"
   args = {
-    KERNEL_BRANCH = KERNEL_BRANCH
+    KERNEL_BRANCH  = KERNEL_BRANCH
+    KERNEL_VERSION = KERNEL_VERSION
   }
 }
 
 target "linux61" {
   inherits = ["default"]
   args = {
-    KERNEL_BRANCH = "6.1"
+    KERNEL_BRANCH  = "6.1"
+    KERNEL_VERSION = "6.1.170"
   }
 }