diff --git a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
index c455680ee0..b3174a152c 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE=y
 
 # Bootloader
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.2"
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="generic"
 
 # host-qemu for gitlab testing