diff --git a/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt b/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
index 6fe1ac05e6..d7a642828d 100644
--- a/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
 Startup time is slow because of the SMP CPU emulation so be patient.
+This emulation is known to be flaky.
 
-Tested with QEMU 2.2.0
+Tested with QEMU 2.2.1
diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_nuri_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_nuri_defconfig
index bf70df02e2..7a270ede88 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm_nuri_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm_nuri_defconfig
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
 # Lock to 3.10 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
 # Stuck at 3.10.x because there's no Nuri DTS
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.10.70"
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.10.74"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_10=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.10.70"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.10.74"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="exynos4"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y