diff --git a/configs/hifive_unleashed_defconfig b/configs/hifive_unleashed_defconfig
index 0b87f2588f..2b6ee6c08e 100644
--- a/configs/hifive_unleashed_defconfig
+++ b/configs/hifive_unleashed_defconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
 
 # Bootloader
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="0.9"
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="generic"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y