diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b9cc109f59..4862a0cdcf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7105,7 +7105,7 @@ let
 
   # The current default kernel / kernel modules.
   linux = linuxPackages.kernel;
-  linuxPackages = linuxPackages_3_10;
+  linuxPackages = linuxPackages_3_12;
 
   # A function to build a manually-configured kernel
   linuxManualConfig = pkgs.buildLinux;