diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile b/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile
index 8842cc2ce..634f92d60 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SUBTARGETS:=mt7622 mt7623 mt7629 filogic
 FEATURES:=dt-overlay emmc fpu gpio nand pci pcie rootfs-part separate_ramdisk squashfs usb
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.15
+KERNEL_TESTING_PATCHVER:=6.1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk
 DEFAULT_PACKAGES += \