diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
index 820cc0af83..0817f11055 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
@@ -798,9 +798,9 @@ alpine-3.12-rootfs-export:
   tags:
     - x86_64
 
-kernel-5.10.74-export:
+kernel-6.1.19-export:
   extends: .test-jobs-artifact-common
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/tests-artifacts/kernel:5.10.74
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/tests-artifacts/kernel:6.1.19
   script:
     - mkdir binaries && cp /bzImage binaries/bzImage
   artifacts:
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
index d75662358f..ee9e321077 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 .arm32-test-needs: &arm32-test-needs
   - qemu-system-aarch64-6.0.0-arm32-export
 
+.x86-64-test-needs: &x86-64-test-needs
+  - alpine-3.12-rootfs-export
+  - kernel-6.1.19-export
+
 .qemu-arm64:
   extends: .test-jobs-common
   variables:
@@ -299,9 +303,8 @@ qemu-alpine-x86_64-gcc:
   script:
     - ./automation/scripts/qemu-alpine-x86_64.sh 2>&1 | tee ${LOGFILE}
   needs:
+    - *x86-64-test-needs
     - alpine-3.12-gcc
-    - alpine-3.12-rootfs-export
-    - kernel-5.10.74-export
 
 qemu-smoke-x86-64-gcc:
   extends: .qemu-x86-64
diff --git a/automation/tests-artifacts/kernel/5.10.74.dockerfile b/automation/tests-artifacts/kernel/6.1.19.dockerfile
similarity index 84%
rename from automation/tests-artifacts/kernel/5.10.74.dockerfile
rename to automation/tests-artifacts/kernel/6.1.19.dockerfile
index 112e27fe45..c2171555a0 100644
--- a/automation/tests-artifacts/kernel/5.10.74.dockerfile
+++ b/automation/tests-artifacts/kernel/6.1.19.dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LABEL maintainer.name="The Xen Project" \
       maintainer.email="xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV LINUX_VERSION=5.10.74
+ENV LINUX_VERSION=6.1.19
 ENV USER root
 
 RUN mkdir /build
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 # Build the kernel
-RUN curl -fsSLO https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-"$LINUX_VERSION".tar.xz && \
+RUN curl -fsSLO https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-"$LINUX_VERSION".tar.xz && \
     tar xvJf linux-"$LINUX_VERSION".tar.xz && \
     cd linux-"$LINUX_VERSION" && \
     make defconfig && \
     make xen.config && \
+    scripts/config --enable BRIDGE && \
+    scripts/config --enable IGC && \
     cp .config .config.orig && \
     cat .config.orig | grep XEN | grep =m |sed 's/=m/=y/g' >> .config && \
     make -j$(nproc) bzImage && \