diff --git a/global/profiles/host/cp.yaml b/global/profiles/host/cp.yaml
index 92005b371..4415bd67b 100644
--- a/global/profiles/host/cp.yaml
+++ b/global/profiles/host/cp.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ data:
   platform:
     image: 'xenial'
     kernel: 'hwe-16.04'
+    kernel_params:
+      kernel_package: 'linux-image-4.15.0-34-generic'
+
   metadata:
     owner_data:
       control-plane: enabled
diff --git a/global/profiles/host/dp.yaml b/global/profiles/host/dp.yaml
index 23e43e18d..aa014b25b 100644
--- a/global/profiles/host/dp.yaml
+++ b/global/profiles/host/dp.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ data:
   platform:
     image: 'xenial'
     kernel: 'hwe-16.04'
+    kernel_params:
+      kernel_package: 'linux-image-4.15.0-34-generic'
+
   metadata:
     owner_data:
       openstack-nova-compute: enabled