diff --git a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.wip b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.wip
index 59205af6cb57..4b049be0f9e3 100644
--- a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.wip
+++ b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.wip
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ enable_extension "grub-with-dtb" # important, puts the whole DTB handling in pla
 declare -g BOARD_FIRMWARE_INSTALL="-full"
 
 function post_family_config_branch_sc8280xp__jhovolds_69y_kernel() {
-	declare -g KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="6.11" # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
-	declare -g KERNELBRANCH='branch:wip/sc8280xp-6.11'
+	declare -g KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="6.12" # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
+	declare -g KERNELBRANCH='branch:wip/sc8280xp-6.12-rc2' # @TODO: this is down to 35 patches, from hundreds back in the day. Considering merging this with default arm64 uefi kernel
 	declare -g KERNELSOURCE='https://github.com/jhovold/linux.git'
 	declare -g LINUXCONFIG="linux-${ARCH}-${BRANCH}" # for this board: linux-arm64-sc8280xp
 	display_alert "Set up jhovold's kernel ${KERNELBRANCH} for" "${BOARD}" "info"