diff --git a/core/linux-am33x/config b/core/linux-am33x/config
index 758663d4d..a285de423 100644
--- a/core/linux-am33x/config
+++ b/core/linux-am33x/config
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-alarm7"
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-alarm8"
 CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA=y