diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3307ac4d..2f1670cb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (24.04.52) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Move from hwe-22.04 to hwe-24.04 throughout, hwe-22.04 is obsolete and
+    to be dropped from the release pocket imminently.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:01:56 -0700
+
 livecd-rootfs (24.04.51) noble; urgency=medium
 
   * Rename the casper.gschema override to livecd-rootfs.override
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 88f0e873..c819d547 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 				;;
 			*)
 				touch config/universe-enabled
-				KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-22.04'
+				KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-24.04'
 				if [ "$SUBARCH" = "x13s" ]; then
 					KERNEL_FLAVOURS='laptop-23.10'
 				fi
@@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ case $PROJECT in
 	ubuntu-oem)
 		touch config/universe-enabled
 		PASSES_TO_LAYERS="true"
-		#KERNEL_FLAVOURS='oem-22.04'
-		KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-22.04'
+		#KERNEL_FLAVOURS='oem-24.04'
+		KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-24.04'
 		add_task minimal minimal standard ubuntu-desktop-minimal ubuntu-desktop-minimal-default-languages
 		add_package minimal cloud-init
 		add_task minimal.standard ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop-default-languages
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		# By default Ubuntu Budgie now ships the new installer.
 		touch config/universe-enabled
 		PASSES_TO_LAYERS="true"
-		KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-22.04'
+		KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-24.04'
 		add_task minimal minimal standard ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal-default-languages
 		add_task minimal.standard ubuntu-budgie-desktop ubuntu-budgie-desktop-default-languages
 		add_task minimal.standard.live ubuntu-budgie-live