diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/minikube/x86_64/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/minikube/x86_64/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config
index d5ece8f30c..b7ab4a59a6 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/minikube/x86_64/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/minikube/x86_64/rootfs-overlay/etc/ssh/sshd_config
@@ -117,3 +117,8 @@ Subsystem	sftp	/usr/libexec/sftp-server
 #	AllowTcpForwarding no
 #	PermitTTY no
 #	ForceCommand cvs server
+
+# Temporarily accept ssh-rsa algorithm for openssh >= 8.8,
+# until most ssh clients could deprecate ssh-rsa.
+HostkeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
+PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_aarch64_defconfig b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_aarch64_defconfig
index b463771f42..8f8d2493d2 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_aarch64_defconfig
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_aarch64_defconfig
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_19=y
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.19.202"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.19.235"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y