diff --git a/configs/spike_riscv64_defconfig b/configs/spike_riscv64_defconfig
index cd8fd8ee04..26103682f9 100644
--- a/configs/spike_riscv64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/spike_riscv64_defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_15=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.1"
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="generic"
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_LINUX_PAYLOAD=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RISCV_ISA_SIM=y