diff --git a/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile b/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile
index 5b3f856ea2a9a6046ac030f3513ea2baf28ab742..1f66cc34d32806b49f5e807b32da6d3720ebbe37 100644
--- a/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile
+++ b/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ QEMU    ?= v4.0.0
 # Enable QEMU_US=1 for qemu-user-static
 QEMU_US ?= 0
 LINUX   ?= v5.1
-BUILDROOT?= 2016.05
+BUILDROOT?= 2019.11.1
 
 NETDEV_LIST := virtio