diff --git a/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi b/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi
index 24b2835..079f05a 100644
--- a/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <preferences>
         <version>1.0.1</version>
         <packagemanager>apt</packagemanager>
+        <!-- NOTE: bigtime is disabled in fscreateoptions to ensure compatibility with older kernels
+        running on the build hosts. Remove this once it is no longer necessary! -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="xfs" firmware="efi" initrd_system="dracut"
             overlayroot="true" overlayroot_write_partition="true"
+            fscreateoptions="-m bigtime=0"
             overlayroot_readonly_partsize="1024" squashfscompression="zstd"
             bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="256" bootfilesystem="ext4" format="qcow2"
             kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0 rd.systemd.verity=1 root=overlay:MAPPER=verityRoot verityroot=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/p.lxreadonly rd.root.overlay.write=/dev/mapper/luks rd.luks=yes rootwait pstore.backend=efi"
diff --git a/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi b/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi
index d6a75f8..c5d9efd 100644
--- a/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/nemos-images-reference-lunar/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <preferences>
         <version>1.0.1</version>
         <packagemanager>apt</packagemanager>
+        <!-- NOTE: bigtime is disabled in fscreateoptions to ensure compatibility with older kernels
+        running on the build hosts. Remove this once it is no longer necessary! -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="xfs" firmware="efi" initrd_system="dracut"
             overlayroot="true" overlayroot_write_partition="true"
+            fscreateoptions="-m bigtime=0"
             overlayroot_readonly_partsize="1024" squashfscompression="zstd"
             bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="256" bootfilesystem="ext4" format="qcow2"
             kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0 rd.systemd.verity=1 root=overlay:MAPPER=verityRoot verityroot=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/p.lxreadonly rd.root.overlay.write=/dev/mapper/luks rd.luks=yes pstore.backend=efi"
diff --git a/nemos-images-reference-lunar/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi b/nemos-images-reference-lunar/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi
index 1f1b043..e70d48b 100644
--- a/nemos-images-reference-lunar/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/nemos-images-reference-lunar/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <preferences>
         <version>1.0.1</version>
         <packagemanager>apt</packagemanager>
+        <!-- NOTE: bigtime is disabled in fscreateoptions to ensure compatibility with older kernels
+        running on the build hosts. Remove this once it is no longer necessary! -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="xfs" firmware="custom" initrd_system="dracut"
             overlayroot="true" overlayroot_write_partition="true" disk_start_sector="8192"
+            fscreateoptions="-m bigtime=0"
             dosparttable_extended_layout="true" force_mbr="true" devicepersistency="by-uuid"
             overlayroot_readonly_partsize="1024" squashfscompression="zstd"
             bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="256" bootfilesystem="ext4" format="qcow2"
diff --git a/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi b/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi
index 2980e75..83c509f 100644
--- a/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-amd64/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <preferences>
         <version>1.0.1</version>
         <packagemanager>apt</packagemanager>
+        <!-- NOTE: bigtime is disabled in fscreateoptions to ensure compatibility with older kernels
+        running on the build hosts. Remove this once it is no longer necessary! -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="xfs" firmware="efi" initrd_system="dracut"
             overlayroot="true" overlayroot_write_partition="true"
+            fscreateoptions="-m bigtime=0"
             editbootconfig="install_grub.sh"
             overlayroot_readonly_partsize="1024" squashfscompression="zstd"
             bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="256" bootfilesystem="ext4" format="qcow2"
diff --git a/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi b/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi
index e04658e..f69223f 100644
--- a/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/nemos-images-reference-mantic/qemu-arm64/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <preferences>
         <version>1.0.1</version>
         <packagemanager>apt</packagemanager>
+        <!-- NOTE: bigtime is disabled in fscreateoptions to ensure compatibility with older kernels
+        running on the build hosts. Remove this once it is no longer necessary! -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="xfs" firmware="efi" initrd_system="dracut"
             overlayroot="true" overlayroot_write_partition="true"
+            fscreateoptions="-m bigtime=0"
             editbootconfig="install_grub.sh"
             overlayroot_readonly_partsize="1024" squashfscompression="zstd"
             bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="256" bootfilesystem="ext4" format="qcow2"
diff --git a/nemos-images-reference-mantic/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi b/nemos-images-reference-mantic/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi
index d2d4280..8569196 100644
--- a/nemos-images-reference-mantic/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/nemos-images-reference-mantic/s32g274ardb2/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <preferences>
         <version>1.0.1</version>
         <packagemanager>apt</packagemanager>
+        <!-- NOTE: bigtime is disabled in fscreateoptions to ensure compatibility with older kernels
+        running on the build hosts. Remove this once it is no longer necessary! -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="xfs" firmware="custom" initrd_system="dracut"
             overlayroot="true" overlayroot_write_partition="true" disk_start_sector="8192"
+            fscreateoptions="-m bigtime=0"
             dosparttable_extended_layout="true" force_mbr="true" devicepersistency="by-uuid"
             overlayroot_readonly_partsize="1024" squashfscompression="zstd"
             bootpartition="true" bootpartsize="256" bootfilesystem="ext4" format="qcow2"