diff --git a/compiler.xml b/compiler.xml
index d45361d..585b729 100644
--- a/compiler.xml
+++ b/compiler.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="starlingx"/>
+  <default revision="f/kernel-6.6" remote="starlingx"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="compile.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/compile" />
diff --git a/containers.xml b/containers.xml
index 56d2926..cf5f366 100644
--- a/containers.xml
+++ b/containers.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
   
-  <default revision="master" remote="stx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="f/kernel-6.6" remote="stx-staging"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
   
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="ansible-playbooks.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ansible-playbooks"/>
diff --git a/default.xml b/default.xml
index be24032..8d8c31e 100644
--- a/default.xml
+++ b/default.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
   <remote name="stx-staging" fetch="https://github.com/starlingx-staging"/>
-  <default revision="master" remote="stx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="f/kernel-6.6" remote="stx-staging"/>
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="jenkins-pipelines.git" path="stx-jenkins-pipelines"/>
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="virtual-deployment.git" path="stx-virtual-deployment"/>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-ceph.git" revision="stx/v14.2.22"  path="cgcs-root/stx/git/ceph" />
   <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-libvirt.git" revision="stx/v4.7.0-1" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/libvirt"/>
   <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-qemu.git" revision="stx/v3.0.0-1" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/qemu"/>
-  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-openstack-ras.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/openstack-ras"/>
+  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-openstack-ras.git" revision="master" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/openstack-ras"/>
 
   <!-- Clients -->
   <!-- revisions point to branch stable/train as of 2023-05-04 -->
diff --git a/distro.xml b/distro.xml
index c1ced73..bf9082f 100644
--- a/distro.xml
+++ b/distro.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="stx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="f/kernel-6.6" remote="stx-staging"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="integ.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/integ" />
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-ceph.git" revision="stx/v14.2.22" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/ceph"/>
   <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-libvirt.git" revision="stx/v4.7.0-1" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/libvirt"/>
   <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-qemu.git" revision="stx/v3.0.0-1" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/qemu"/>
-  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-openstack-ras.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/openstack-ras"/>
+  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-openstack-ras.git" revision="master" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/openstack-ras"/>
 
   <!-- Clients -->
   <!-- revisions point to branch stable/train as of 2023-05-04 -->
diff --git a/flock.xml b/flock.xml
index 3dd6388..c2c78d8 100644
--- a/flock.xml
+++ b/flock.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="starlingx"/>
+  <default revision="f/kernel-6.6" remote="starlingx"/>
   <include name="common.xml" />
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="ansible-playbooks.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ansible-playbooks"/>
diff --git a/stx-openstack.xml b/stx-openstack.xml
index ea56f87..6e1914f 100644
--- a/stx-openstack.xml
+++ b/stx-openstack.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
   <!-- for tests/experiments -->
 
-  <default revision="master" remote="starlingx"/>
+  <default revision="f/kernel-6.6" remote="starlingx"/>
 
   <project remote="starlingx"  name="root.git"                 path="cgcs-root"/>