diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2025-09-19-kernel-config-memcg-v1.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-09-19-kernel-config-memcg-v1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88fbb6e55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-09-19-kernel-config-memcg-v1.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Enabled `CONFIG_MEMCG_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 61fc923249..efc937e08b 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
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ CONFIG_MEGARAID_MM=m
 CONFIG_MEGARAID_NEWGEN=y
 CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS=m
 CONFIG_MEMCG=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG_V1=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_MEMTEST=y