diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f1b855ed4..ded96a28c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 variables:
   FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: wayland/weston
   FDO_REPO_SUFFIX: "$BUILD_OS-$FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION/$BUILD_ARCH"
-  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2025-12-19-mesa-25.3.2'
+  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2026-03-19-linux-drm-next-background-color'
 
 
 include:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh b/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
index 01348968c..6cf95e1bc 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ fdo_log_section_end install_meson
 # just a regular container.
 fdo_log_section_start_collapsed install_kernel "install_kernel"
 if [[ -n "$KERNEL_DEFCONFIG" ]]; then
-	git clone --depth=1 --branch=v6.18 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git linux
+	git clone --single-branch --branch drm-misc-next https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel.git linux
 	cd linux
+	git checkout -b snapshot 0b9eff726d5636a1638786d2f659b8897950533b
 
 	if [[ "${BUILD_ARCH}" = "x86-64" ]]; then
 		LINUX_ARCH=x86