# New in Mender: Introducing support for Yocto 6.0 Wrynose LTS

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/new-in-mender-introducing-support-for-yocto-6-0-wrynose-lts/8293>\
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**Created:** [June 16, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/new-in-mender-introducing-support-for-yocto-6-0-wrynose-lts/8293 "2026-06-16T14:14:03Z")\
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The **wrynose** branch of **[meta-mender](https://github.com/mendersoftware/meta-mender)** is now available!

Wrynose is the current **long-term support (LTS)** release of the **[Yocto Project](https://www.yoctoproject.org/)** (Yocto 6.0) and follows the scarthgap (Yocto 5.0) LTS. With the release of the meta-mender **wrynose** branch, the kirkstone branch of meta-mender also reaches the end of support and will no longer be maintained.

## Default components: Major versions changed

meta-mender selects the default version of each Mender component automatically when one is not previously pinned. With the move to Wrynose, two components now default to a **new major version** :

| Component | Previous default (scarthgap) | New default (wrynose) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mender-connect` | 2.3.2 | **3.0.0** |
| `mender-gateway` | 1.2.1 | **2.0.0** |

When building images without pinning a previous version, Mender will automatically default to the new major versions.

To stay on the previous series, pin the version explicitly in the configuration, for example:

```auto
PREFERRED_VERSION_mender-connect = "2.3.2"

PREFERRED_VERSION_mender-gateway = "1.2.1"

```

All other Mender components keep the same default major versions as the scarthgap branch.

**For more information:** Visit **[Supported releases](https://docs.mender.io/release-information/supported-releases)** for an overview of supported Mender component and subcomponent versioning.

## Updated bootloader and build integration

Adding Yocto 6.0 support to meta-mender required several compatibility updates.

If maintaining custom recipes or `.bbappend` files, please note:

- **U-Boot:** The U-Boot component is updated to 2026.01, including refreshed Mender integration patches and updated boot-environment handling.
- **GRUB:** The GRUB integration is consolidated on the 2.12 precompiled images; legacy precompiled builds have been removed.
- **Poky:** With the Wrynose Yocto release, Poky is now distributed as separate repositories — `openembedded-core` and `bitbake` — rather than a single combined repo. For self-maintained `bblayers.conf`, double-check the layer paths against the current Yocto setup and update accordingly; the meta-mender layer is already aligned with the new setup.
- **Recipes:** All recipes have been migrated from `WORKDIR` to `UNPACKDIR` to follow the updated Yocto source-unpacking model. Custom .bbappend files that reference `${WORKDIR}` for source or installed files will likely need to be updated to `${UNPACKDIR}`.