diff --git a/board/qemu/aarch64-sbsa/readme.txt b/board/qemu/aarch64-sbsa/readme.txt
index cf5f66d4d6..7d97d7f6ab 100644
--- a/board/qemu/aarch64-sbsa/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/aarch64-sbsa/readme.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
   qemu-system-aarch64 \
     -M sbsa-ref \
-    -cpu cortex-a57 \
+    -cpu neoverse-n1 \
     -smp 4 \
     -m 1024 \
     -nographic \
diff --git a/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig b/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig
index 23d274b529..6df2b2e273 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
-BR2_cortex_a57=y
+BR2_neoverse_n1=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_6=y
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/qemu/patches"
 BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y