diff --git a/meta-ros-common/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf b/meta-ros-common/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf
index 9e1647e5424dbadb4ba8303e60c76c4f65f2ba41..29802c0bd8b44c4edddc7c6afb4a999f7cc1a5b6 100644
--- a/meta-ros-common/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf
+++ b/meta-ros-common/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ROS_DISTRO_COMPAT = "melodic dashing eloquent"
 
 # This variable is updated with the new release series as the first commit to [master] after the branch for the current release
 # series is created.
-ROS_OE_RELEASE_SERIES = "honister"
+ROS_OE_RELEASE_SERIES = "kirkstone"
 
 # "1" or "2"
 ROS_DISTRO_METADATA_VERSION_MAJOR = "${ROS_VERSION}"
diff --git a/meta-ros2-humble/recipes-bbappends/ros-environment/ros-environment_%.bbappend b/meta-ros2-humble/recipes-bbappends/ros-environment/ros-environment_%.bbappend
index cbe4fbff6724096c3a82a3efd69eb965a6171571..b5b3136315321c2fda8d6a1ded1179ea6f8ce8a4 100644
--- a/meta-ros2-humble/recipes-bbappends/ros-environment/ros-environment_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ros2-humble/recipes-bbappends/ros-environment/ros-environment_%.bbappend
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}:"
-SRC_URI:append = " \
-    file://0001-CMakeLists-Update-ROS_DISTRO-version-to-humble.patch \
-    "
+# the source code has update patch content, so no longger needed it
+# SRC_URI:append = " \
+#     file://0001-CMakeLists-Update-ROS_DISTRO-version-to-humble.patch \
+#     "