diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt b/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
index 07a9e3bc8f..d361fd9d7d 100644
--- a/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.2.0
+Tested with QEMU 1.3.0
diff --git a/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig b/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig
index 95218a70d0..39f0339952 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ BR2_powerpc_8548=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
 
-# Lock to 3.6 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
-BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_6=y
+# Lock to 3.7 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_7=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.6.6"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.7.1"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="mpc85xx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y