diff --git a/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt b/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
index 0cf8d0bca4..15b5ac7442 100644
--- a/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
 Startup time is slow because of the SMP CPU emulation so be patient.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.7.0
+Tested with QEMU 2.1.2
diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_nuri_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_nuri_defconfig
index 40dcb37728..174810b7a7 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="3.10.32"
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.10.56"
 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="3.10.32"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.10.56"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="exynos4"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y