diff --git a/al2022.pkr.hcl b/al2022.pkr.hcl
index 33cc12f..d7bb8e7 100644
--- a/al2022.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2022.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  ami_name_al2022 = "${var.ami_name_prefix_al2022}-hvm-2022.0.${var.ami_version}-x86_64-ebs"
+  ami_name_al2022 = "${var.ami_name_prefix_al2022}-hvm-2022.0.${var.ami_version}${var.kernel_version_al2022}-x86_64"
 }
 
 source "amazon-ebs" "al2022" {
diff --git a/al2022arm.pkr.hcl b/al2022arm.pkr.hcl
index 441c450..70898ee 100644
--- a/al2022arm.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2022arm.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  ami_name_al2022arm = "${var.ami_name_prefix_al2022}-hvm-2022.0.${var.ami_version}-arm64-ebs"
+  ami_name_al2022arm = "${var.ami_name_prefix_al2022}-hvm-2022.0.${var.ami_version}${var.kernel_version_al2022arm}-arm64"
 }
 
 source "amazon-ebs" "al2022arm" {
diff --git a/al2022neu.pkr.hcl b/al2022neu.pkr.hcl
index f0cc009..fbfbcd5 100644
--- a/al2022neu.pkr.hcl
+++ b/al2022neu.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  ami_name_al2022neu = "${var.ami_name_prefix_al2022}-neuron-hvm-2022.0.${var.ami_version}-x86_64-ebs"
+  ami_name_al2022neu = "${var.ami_name_prefix_al2022}-neuron-hvm-2022.0.${var.ami_version}${var.kernel_version_al2022}-x86_64"
 }
 
 source "amazon-ebs" "al2022neu" {
diff --git a/generate-release-vars.sh b/generate-release-vars.sh
index 4309f21..84f36aa 100755
--- a/generate-release-vars.sh
+++ b/generate-release-vars.sh
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ ami_name_al2_arm=$(aws ec2 describe-images --region "$region" --owner amazon --i
 # AL2022
 ami_id_al2022_x86=$(aws ssm get-parameters --region "$region" --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/al2022-ami-minimal-kernel-default-x86_64 --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text)
 ami_name_al2022_x86=$(aws ec2 describe-images --region "$region" --owner amazon --image-id "$ami_id_al2022_x86" --query 'Images[0].Name' --output text)
+kernel_version_al2022_x86=$(grep -o -e "-kernel-[1-9.]*" <<<"$ami_name_al2022_x86")
 
 # AL2022 ARM (use describe-images for now until al2022 ARM SSM parameters are ready)
 ami_id_al2022_arm=$(aws ec2 describe-images --region "$region" --owners amazon --filters "Name=name,Values=al2022-ami-minimal-2022.0.*" "Name=architecture,Values=arm64" --query "reverse(sort_by(Images, &CreationDate))[0].ImageId" --output text)
 ami_name_al2022_arm=$(aws ec2 describe-images --region "$region" --owner amazon --image-id "$ami_id_al2022_arm" --query 'Images[0].Name' --output text)
+kernel_version_al2022_arm=$(grep -o -e "-kernel-[1-9.]*" <<<"$ami_name_al2022_arm")
 
 # Get the latest AL2022 distribution release
 # xmllint is required to find the latest distribution release from releasemd.xml in us-west-2
@@ -75,5 +77,7 @@ source_ami_al2       = "$ami_name_al2_x86"
 source_ami_al2arm    = "$ami_name_al2_arm"
 source_ami_al2022    = "$ami_name_al2022_x86"
 source_ami_al2022arm = "$ami_name_al2022_arm"
+kernel_version_al2022    = "$kernel_version_al2022_x86"
+kernel_version_al2022arm = "$kernel_version_al2022_arm"
 distribution_release_al2022  = "$distribution_release_al2022"
 EOF
diff --git a/release.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/release.auto.pkrvars.hcl
index e4c20d1..16cbabb 100644
--- a/release.auto.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/release.auto.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ source_ami_al2arm           = "amzn2-ami-minimal-hvm-2.0.20220912.1-arm64-ebs"
 source_ami_al2022           = "al2022-ami-minimal-2022.0.20220928.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64"
 source_ami_al2022arm        = "al2022-ami-minimal-2022.0.20220928.0-kernel-5.15-arm64"
 distribution_release_al2022 = "2022.0.20220928"
+kernel_version_al2022       = "-kernel-5.15"
+kernel_version_al2022arm    = "-kernel-5.15"
diff --git a/variables.pkr.hcl b/variables.pkr.hcl
index 626a3ed..cd1d069 100644
--- a/variables.pkr.hcl
+++ b/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ variable "distribution_release_al2022" {
   description = "Amazon Linux 2022 distribution release."
 }
 
+variable "kernel_version_al2022" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Amazon Linux 2022 kernel version."
+}
+
+variable "kernel_version_al2022arm" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Amazon Linux 2022 ARM kernel version."
+}
+
 variable "ami_name_prefix_al1" {
   type        = string
   description = "Outputted AMI name prefix."