diff --git a/config/bootscripts/boot-qemu-arm64.cmd b/config/bootscripts/boot-qemu-arm64.cmd
index 756b528b6..96f8063d5 100644
--- a/config/bootscripts/boot-qemu-arm64.cmd
+++ b/config/bootscripts/boot-qemu-arm64.cmd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ echo "INITRD LOAD ADDRESS: ramdisk_addr_r: ${ramdisk_addr_r}"
 echo "FDT LOAD ADDRESS   : fdt_addr      : ${fdt_addr}"
 
 # /vmlinuz and /initrd.img are standard Debian symlinks to the "latest installed kernel"
-load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} /vmlinuz
+load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} ${prefix}vmlinuz
 # Attention, this is uInitrd for uboot/ARM; there's a symlink put there by Armbian hooks
 load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${prefix}uInitrd
 
diff --git a/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc b/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc
index 49086232f..baeb2af7c 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc
+++ b/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if [[ "${QEMU_UBOOT_BOOTCONFIG}" != "" ]]; then
 	declare -g ATF_COMPILE="no"
 
 	declare -g BOOTDIR="qemu-uboot-${LINUXFAMILY}"
-	declare -g BOOTBRANCH='tag:v2023.10'
+	declare -g BOOTBRANCH='tag:v2025.01'
 	declare -g BOOTSOURCE='https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot' # Gotta set this again, it is unset by grub extension
 
 	declare -g BOOTCONFIG="${QEMU_UBOOT_BOOTCONFIG}"