diff --git a/boards/riscv64/virt/Makefile b/boards/riscv64/virt/Makefile
index 745339ade65e69b6629e3bb534846e805710fd09..eef1f95a91418a430508b915785949deca4ca147 100644
--- a/boards/riscv64/virt/Makefile
+++ b/boards/riscv64/virt/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ XARCH   := riscv64
 CPU     ?=
 SMP     ?= 4
 MEM     ?= 256M
-QEMU    ?= v6.0.0
+QEMU    ?= v4.2.1
 # Enable QEMU_US=1 for qemu-user-static
 QEMU_US ?= 0
 LINUX   ?= v6.2