diff --git a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
index d05217775c..481dfd7656 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/patches"
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/xilinx_v2026.1/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="ttyAMA0,115200 mmcblk0p2"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70)/xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1)/xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="xilinx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="xilinx/versal-vck190-rev1.1"
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_PLATFORM="versal"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_BL31_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="xilinx_versal_virt"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_DTB=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_REMAKE_ELF=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_MAKEOPTS="DEVICE_TREE=versal-vck190-rev1.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PLM=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PSMFW=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_BOOTGEN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
diff --git a/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig b/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig
index 9db372f0ba..0da0210306 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vek280_defconfig
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/patches"
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/xilinx_v2026.1/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="ttyAMA0,115200 mmcblk0p2"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70)/xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1)/xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="xilinx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="xilinx/versal-vek280-revB"
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_PLATFORM="versal"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_BL31_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="xilinx_versal_virt"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_DTB=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_REMAKE_ELF=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_MAKEOPTS="DEVICE_TREE=versal-vek280-revB"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PLM=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PSMFW=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_BOARD="vek280"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_BOOTGEN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
diff --git a/configs/versal_vpk120_defconfig b/configs/versal_vpk120_defconfig
index 1af9baaf3a..d988865846 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vpk120_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vpk120_defconfig
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/patches"
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/xilinx_v2026.1/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="ttyAMA0,115200 mmcblk0p2"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70)/xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1)/xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="xilinx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="xilinx/versal-vpk120-revB"
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_PLATFORM="versal"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_BL31_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="xilinx_versal_virt"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_DTB=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_REMAKE_ELF=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_MAKEOPTS="DEVICE_TREE=versal-vpk120-revB"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PLM=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PSMFW=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_BOARD="vpk120"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_BOOTGEN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
diff --git a/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig b/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig
index ef6a078ead..cd37287a27 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vpk180_defconfig
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_AARCH64_GLIBC_STABLE=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH="microblazeel-buildroot-elf"
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/patches"
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/xilinx/xilinx_v2026.1/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="ttyAMA0,115200 mmcblk0p2"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70)/xlnx_rebase_v6.12_LTS_merge_6.12.70.tar.gz"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,linux-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1)/xlnx_rebase_v6.18_LTS_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="xilinx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="xilinx/versal-vpk180-revA"
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2.12_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,arm-trusted-firmware,xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2.14_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_PLATFORM="versal"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_BL31_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2)/xlnx_rebase_v2025.01_2025.2.tar.gz"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,Xilinx,u-boot-xlnx,xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1)/xlnx-rebase-v2026.01_2026.1.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="xilinx_versal_virt"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_DTB=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_REMAKE_ELF=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_MAKEOPTS="DEVICE_TREE=versal-vpk180-revA"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PLM=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_EMBEDDEDSW_VERSAL_PSMFW=y
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT=y
+BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_VERSION="xilinx_v2026.1"
 BR2_TARGET_XILINX_PREBUILT_BOARD="vpk180"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_BOOTGEN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y