diff --git a/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig b/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
index 6d69379166..77250f8aa7 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # Linux kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.2.6"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.3"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sparc32"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y