diff --git a/device-comet.mk b/device-comet.mk
index 8173734..93c0e81 100644
--- a/device-comet.mk
+++ b/device-comet.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ RELEASE_GOOGLE_BOOTLOADER_COMET_DIR ?= 24D1# Keep this for pdk TODO: b/327119000
 RELEASE_GOOGLE_PRODUCT_BOOTLOADER_DIR := bootloader/$(RELEASE_GOOGLE_BOOTLOADER_COMET_DIR)
 $(call soong_config_set,comet_bootloader,prebuilt_dir,$(RELEASE_GOOGLE_BOOTLOADER_COMET_DIR))
 
+ifdef RELEASE_KERNEL_COMET_VERSION
+TARGET_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION := $(RELEASE_KERNEL_COMET_VERSION)
+else
 TARGET_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION ?= 6.1
+endif
+
 ifdef RELEASE_KERNEL_COMET_DIR
 TARGET_KERNEL_DIR ?= $(RELEASE_KERNEL_COMET_DIR)
 TARGET_BOARD_KERNEL_HEADERS ?= $(RELEASE_KERNEL_COMET_DIR)/kernel-headers