diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index dac92cc2777cc3a91a5e8e5a2aa073faeb71f360..084e3ff8e3f42df368537358e984f22c9ec5f0e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 variables:
   DRM_CI_PROJECT_PATH: &drm-ci-project-path mesa/mesa
-  DRM_CI_COMMIT_SHA: &drm-ci-commit-sha edfbf74df1d4d6ce54ffe24566108be0e1a98c3d
+  DRM_CI_COMMIT_SHA: &drm-ci-commit-sha 9d162de9a05155e1c4041857a5848842749164cf
 
   UPSTREAM_REPO: git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm
   TARGET_BRANCH: drm-next
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ variables:
   # per-job artifact storage on MinIO
   JOB_ARTIFACTS_BASE: ${PIPELINE_ARTIFACTS_BASE}/${CI_JOB_ID}
   # default kernel for rootfs before injecting the current kernel tree
-  KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE: https://${S3_HOST}/mesa-lava/gfx-ci/linux/v6.4.12-for-mesa-ci-f6b4ad45f48d
+  KERNEL_REPO: "gfx-ci/linux"
+  KERNEL_TAG: "v6.6.4-for-mesa-ci-e4f4c500f7fb"
+  KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE: https://${S3_HOST}/mesa-lava/${KERNEL_REPO}/${KERNEL_TAG}
   LAVA_TAGS: subset-1-gfx
   LAVA_JOB_PRIORITY: 30
 
@@ -133,6 +135,11 @@ stages:
     - if: &is-pre-merge-for-marge '$GITLAB_USER_LOGIN == "marge-bot" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
       when: on_success
 
+.never-post-merge-rules:
+  rules:
+    - if: *is-post-merge
+      when: never
+
 # Rule to filter for only scheduled pipelines.
 .scheduled_pipeline-rules:
   rules:
@@ -150,6 +157,7 @@ stages:
 .build-rules:
   rules:
     - !reference [.no_scheduled_pipelines-rules, rules]
+    - !reference [.never-post-merge-rules, rules]
     # Run automatically once all dependency jobs have passed
     - when: on_success
 
@@ -157,6 +165,7 @@ stages:
 .container+build-rules:
   rules:
     - !reference [.no_scheduled_pipelines-rules, rules]
+    - !reference [.never-post-merge-rules, rules]
     - when: manual
 
 .ci-deqp-artifacts:
@@ -175,6 +184,7 @@ stages:
 .container-rules:
   rules:
     - !reference [.no_scheduled_pipelines-rules, rules]
+    - !reference [.never-post-merge-rules, rules]
     # Run pipeline by default in the main project if any CI pipeline
     # configuration files were changed, to ensure docker images are up to date
     - if: *is-post-merge