diff --git a/examples/iotg-yocto-ese/conf/local.conf.sample b/examples/iotg-yocto-ese/conf/local.conf.sample
index 8b72174..e5c2099 100644
--- a/examples/iotg-yocto-ese/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/examples/iotg-yocto-ese/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " \
     lmsensors \
     opae-sdk \
     pciutils \
-    perf \
     python3-pip \
     rsync \
     usbutils \
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-iot-lts-6.1_git.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-iot-lts-6.1_git.bbappend
index ab9936b..432bc2e 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-iot-lts-6.1_git.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-iot-lts-6.1_git.bbappend
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-KBRANCH = "fpga-ofs-dev-6.1-lts"
+KBRANCH = "fpga-ofs-dev-6.6-lts"
 KERNEL_SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OFS/linux-dfl;protocol=https;branch=${KBRANCH};name=machine"
 SRC_URI = "${KERNEL_SRC_URI}"
 SRCREV_meta = "${AUTOREV}"
 SRCREV_machine = "${AUTOREV}"
-LINUX_VERSION = "6.1"
+LINUX_VERSION = "6.6"
 LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION = "-dfl-${@bb.fetch2.get_srcrev(d).split('_')[1]}"
 
 # Allow mismatch between kernel package and source versions,