diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index a20ae4e1904..b6c5198f43b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ variables:
 
   FEDORA_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250722-libwayland"
 
-  KERNEL_TAG: "v6.16-mesa-09d1"
+  KERNEL_TAG: "v6.16-mesa-9d85"
   KERNEL_REPO: "gfx-ci/linux"
   PKG_REPO_REV: "95bf62c"
   FIRMWARE_TAG: "36f9bbfa"
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index 2126c87d637..cf640fedc36 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ zink-venus-lavapipe:
     LP_NUM_THREADS: 2
     CROSVM_MEMORY: 12288
     CROSVM_CPU: $FDO_CI_CONCURRENT
-    # INFO: Keep Linux version at 6.14 as 6.16 seems to have regressed
-    # in virtio gfx device initializaiton
-    KERNEL_TAG: "v6.14-mesa-4277"
   script: |
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/install/lib"
     export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/install/lib/dri"
diff --git a/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index 4a1b1d65655..47adb12d86f 100644
--- a/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/virtio/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ venus-lavapipe:
     CROSVM_MEMORY: 12288
     CROSVM_CPU: $FDO_CI_CONCURRENT
     FLAKES_CHANNEL: "#virgl-ci"
-    # INFO: Keep Linux version at 6.14 as 6.16 seems to have regressed
-    # in virtio gfx device initializaiton
-    KERNEL_TAG: "v6.14-mesa-4277"
   script: |
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/install/lib"
     export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/install/lib/dri"