diff --git a/common/ubuntu_base.sh b/common/ubuntu_base.sh
index e8fbc59..682c5dd 100644
--- a/common/ubuntu_base.sh
+++ b/common/ubuntu_base.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 EXTRA_PKGS="${EXTRA_PKGS} apt-transport-https libmnl0 python-apt python-m2crypto python-psutil acpid virt-what"
 apt-get -y install ${EXTRA_PKGS}
 
-# Cleanup old kernels, ensure latest is installed via virtual package
+# Cleanup old kernels, ensure latest is installed via metapackage package
 if [ ! -f /tmp/no_install_kernel ]; then
     apt-get purge -y linux-image-* linux-headers-* | grep -v 'is not installed, so not removed'
-    apt-get install -y linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial linux-image-extra-virtual-lts-xenial
+    apt-get install -y linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 linux-image-extra-virtual-hwe-16.04
 
     # Update grub cmdline
     sed -i 's|GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*|GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"|g' /etc/default/grub