diff --git a/modules/boot.nix b/modules/boot.nix
index ff454fd..f21bb62 100644
--- a/modules/boot.nix
+++ b/modules/boot.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 {
-  # LTS kernel (currently 6.18.x).
-  # CAVEAT: this breaks FastFlowLM NPU acceleration — the in-tree amdxdna driver
-  # on 6.18 is too old (flm validate: kernel_ok=false, and it loads NPU firmware
-  # 1.0.0.63 while FLM needs >=1.1.0.0; the 7.x driver loads npu_7.sbin =
-  # 1.1.2.64 instead). Switch back to pkgs.linuxPackages_latest if the NPU is
-  # needed again, until 1.1.x amdxdna lands in an LTS series.
-  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages;
+  # Latest mainline-stable kernel, not LTS: the in-tree amdxdna driver on LTS
+  # 6.18 is too old for FastFlowLM NPU acceleration (flm validate: kernel_ok=
+  # false; it loads NPU firmware 1.0.0.63 while FLM needs >=1.1.0.0, which the
+  # 7.x driver provides via npu_7.sbin = 1.1.2.64).
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
 
   # amdgpu GTT (dynamically shared system RAM the iGPU can address) raised to
   # 56 GiB. On kernel 6.18 `amdgpu.gttsize` is deprecated; TTM controls it in