diff --git a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
index 91791d866a2b..e6cabda7307f 100644
--- a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
+++ b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ declare -g BOARD_FIRMWARE_INSTALL="-full"
 
 function post_family_config_branch_sc8280xp__jhovolds_wip_kernel() {
 	declare -g KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR="6.13" # Major and minor versions of this kernel.
-	declare -g KERNELBRANCH='branch:wip/sc8280xp-6.13-rc1' # @TODO: this is down to 27 patches, from hundreds back in the day. Considering merging this with default arm64 uefi kernel
+	declare -g KERNELBRANCH='branch:wip/sc8280xp-6.13-rc3' # @TODO: this is down to 16 patches, from hundreds back in the day. Considering merging this with default arm64 uefi kernel
 	declare -g KERNELSOURCE='https://github.com/jhovold/linux.git'
 	declare -g LINUXCONFIG="linux-${ARCH}-${BRANCH}" # for this board: linux-arm64-sc8280xp
 	display_alert "Set up jhovold's kernel ${KERNELBRANCH} for" "${BOARD}" "info"