diff --git a/testing/linux-elm/APKBUILD b/testing/linux-elm/APKBUILD
index e6c8167187597aad2851e0bc880bcafcfd654770..46f25bb5a447cc20c513718f177dc46796fae72a 100644
--- a/testing/linux-elm/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/linux-elm/APKBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _flavor=elm
 pkgname=linux-${_flavor}
 # NOTE: this kernel is intended for testing
 # please resist urge to upgrade it blindly
-pkgver=5.12.5
+pkgver=5.12.6
 case $pkgver in
 	*.*.*)	_kernver=${pkgver%.*};;
 	*.*) _kernver=$pkgver;;
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ _dev() {
 
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diff --git a/testing/linux-elm/config-elm.aarch64 b/testing/linux-elm/config-elm.aarch64
index 17ff055d4bd84b1ad5329d9c8758ec21afb56e28..593f4a65a600004246c6c162ae5f0f61155ca4d5 100644
--- a/testing/linux-elm/config-elm.aarch64
+++ b/testing/linux-elm/config-elm.aarch64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm64 5.12.5 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm64 5.12.6 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="gcc (Alpine 10.3.1_git20210409) 10.3.1 20210409"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
 # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
-# CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC is not set
+CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y
 
 #
 # SCSI Transports