diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 88e3f36c..55324910 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1107,6 +1107,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-unstable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1709943332,
+        "narHash": "sha256-MCdZ9lXvCSTg23WUo9+uK9Zcw+VykCiYqF6x8Vy1Dyo=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "b046a81451dc41d818e8f22736e7d5e8d7d67699",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable-small",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs-wayland": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat_2",
@@ -1358,6 +1374,7 @@
         "hyprland": "hyprland",
         "impermanence": "impermanence",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_5",
+        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
         "nixpkgs-wayland": "nixpkgs-wayland",
         "nur": "nur",
         "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks_2",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5e5eb2fc..2bba9c71 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
         inherit system;
         config.allowUnfree = lib.mkDefault true;
       };
+      pkgs-unstable = (import nixpkgs-unstable) {
+        inherit system;
+        config.allowUnfree = lib.mkDefault true;
+      };
       inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
       inherit (import ./shared/vars) user;
-      specialArgs = { inherit inputs pkgs system user; };
+      specialArgs = { inherit inputs pkgs pkgs-unstable system user; };
       extraModules = [
         sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
       ];
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@
     {
       # public source
       nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+      nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small";
       home-manager = {
         url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
         inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
diff --git a/profiles/daily-drivers/nuc-12/hardware-configuration.nix b/profiles/daily-drivers/nuc-12/hardware-configuration.nix
index 77f561ed..fa8922df 100644
--- a/profiles/daily-drivers/nuc-12/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/profiles/daily-drivers/nuc-12/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
 # and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
 # to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
-{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, pkgs-unstable, modulesPath, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   boot = {
     # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
-    kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_testing;
+    kernelPackages = pkgs-unstable.linuxPackages_testing;
     # kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
     supportedFilesystems = [ "ext4" "btrfs" "xfs" "fat" "vfat" "cifs" "nfs" ];
 
diff --git a/profiles/daily-drivers/thinkpad-x1-carbon/hardware-configuration.nix b/profiles/daily-drivers/thinkpad-x1-carbon/hardware-configuration.nix
index cad0e3bf..195bda37 100644
--- a/profiles/daily-drivers/thinkpad-x1-carbon/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/profiles/daily-drivers/thinkpad-x1-carbon/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_11)
 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_10)
 # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_9)
-{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, pkgs-unstable, modulesPath, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   boot = {
     # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
-    kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_testing;
+    kernelPackages = pkgs-unstable.linuxPackages_testing;
     # kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
     supportedFilesystems = [ "ext4" "btrfs" "xfs" "fat" "vfat" "cifs" "nfs" ];