diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel_CentOS.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel_CentOS.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel_Ubuntu.yml
similarity index 87%
rename from deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel.yml
rename to deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel_Ubuntu.yml
index 8ad8a46a..15b6bf4d 100644
--- a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel.yml
+++ b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/install_kernel_Ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-- name: Install dependencies
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name:
-      - linux-base
-      - kmod
-  become: true
-
 - name: Create temporary directory for downloaded packages
   ansible.builtin.tempfile:
     state: directory
   register: down_dir
   check_mode: false
 
-- name: Download deb packages
+- name: Download pre-built packages
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
     url: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "{{ down_dir.path }}/{{ index }}.deb"
+    dest: "{{ down_dir.path }}/{{ index }}"
     mode: 0644
-  loop: "{{ kernel_deb_urls }}"
+  loop: "{{ kernel_urls }}"
   loop_control:
     index_var: index
 
diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/main.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/main.yml
index 7e6c0ed6..4730ae1e 100644
--- a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+- include_vars: "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
+
 - name: Import pre_tasks
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: pre_tasks.yml
 
 - name: Install required dependencies
   ansible.builtin.package:
-    name:
-      - build-essential
-      - dpkg
+    name: "{{ packages }}"
   become: true
 
 - name: Create temporary directory
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@
 
 # check if hardware_check in skip-tags -> to force CI run
 - name: Install kernel if needed
-  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: install_kernel.yml
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: install_kernel_{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
   when: "'update_grub' in ansible_run_tags or 'hardware_check' in ansible_skip_tags or support_test.rc != 0"
diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/vars/CentOS.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/vars/CentOS.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c3c8f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/vars/CentOS.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+packages:
+kernel_urls:
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diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/vars/Ubuntu.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/vars/Ubuntu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf69e82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/kernel/vars/Ubuntu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+packages:
+  - dpkg
+  - linux-base
+  - kmod
+kernel_urls:
+  - https://github.com/IntelLabs/kafl.linux/releases/download/kvm-nyx-v6.0/linux-image-6.0.0-nyx+_6.0.0-nyx+-1_amd64.deb
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diff --git a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/qemu/vars/Ubuntu.yml b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/qemu/vars/Ubuntu.yml
index 19929f89..a49df816 100644
--- a/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/qemu/vars/Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/deploy/intellabs/kafl/roles/qemu/vars/Ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 packages:
   - pkg-config
-  - build-essential
   - libglib2.0-dev
   - libpixman-1-dev
   - libgtk-3-dev
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