diff --git a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
index 3dc451856..7375ca327 100644
--- a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,12 @@
       <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, so the workarounds for
       older kernels are not enabled and the compiled
       <application>glibc</application> is slightly faster and smaller.
-      As at June 2023, &min-kernel; is the oldest kernel release still
-      supported by the kernel developers.</para>
+      As at Feb 2024, &min-kernel; is the oldest kernel release still
+      supported by the kernel developers.  Some kernel releases older than
+      &min-kernel; may be still supported by third-party teams, but they
+      are not considered official upstream kernel releases; read
+      <ulink url='https://kernel.org/category/releases.html'/> for the
+      details.</para>
 
       <para>If the host kernel is earlier than &min-kernel; you will need to replace
       the kernel with a more up-to-date version. There are two ways
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 31e6daecc..cad537e5b 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@
 <!ENTITY test-results    "&lfs-root;lfs/build-logs/&generic-version;/">
 <!ENTITY secadv          "&lfs-root;lfs/advisories/">
 
-<!-- 4.14 EOL is Jan 2024
-     so for LFS 11.5 we may consider moving to 4.19 -->
-<!ENTITY min-kernel      "4.14">
+<!-- 4.19 EOL is Dec 2024
+     so for LFS 12.3 we may consider moving to 5.4 -->
+<!ENTITY min-kernel      "4.19">
 
 <!--
 <!ENTITY patches-rootd   "&lfs-root;patches/lfs/&generic-versiond;/">