diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2025-09-11-cpuset.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-09-11-cpuset.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..127e6e6452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-09-11-cpuset.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Enabled `CONFIG_CPUSETS_V1` to mitigate cgroupsv1 removal (e.g JVM) ([Flatcar#1884](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1884))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12
index 67acb293d8..61fc923249 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.12
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE="rootflags=rw mount.usrflags=ro"
 CONFIG_CNIC=m
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
+CONFIG_CPUSETS_V1=y
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=m
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=m