diff --git a/board/qemu/patches/opensbi/opensbi.hash b/board/qemu/patches/opensbi/opensbi.hash
index 1408f547b8..d7893a1dee 100644
--- a/board/qemu/patches/opensbi/opensbi.hash
+++ b/board/qemu/patches/opensbi/opensbi.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  8fcbce598a73acc2c7f7d5607d46b9d5107d3ecbede8f68f42631dcfc25ef2b2  opensbi-1.2.tar.gz
+sha256  d11702103f177a2914e94eec57ce5ed820296d874f6b6525c4482e55d71a3667  opensbi-1.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/board/qemu/riscv32-virt/readme.txt b/board/qemu/riscv32-virt/readme.txt
index b4336e9357..cda8870c96 100644
--- a/board/qemu/riscv32-virt/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/riscv32-virt/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run Linux in emulation with:
 
-  qemu-system-riscv32 -M virt -bios output/images/fw_jump.elf -kernel output/images/Image -append "rootwait root=/dev/vda ro" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 -nographic # qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
+  qemu-system-riscv32 -M virt -bios output/images/fw_jump.bin -kernel output/images/Image -append "rootwait root=/dev/vda ro" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 -nographic # qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
 
   qemu-system-riscv32 -M virt -bios none -kernel output/images/Image -append "rootwait root=/dev/vda ro" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw,id=hd0,if=none -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -nographic -cpu rv32,mmu=off -netdev user,id=eth0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=eth0 # qemu_riscv32_nommu_virt_defconfig
 
diff --git a/board/qemu/riscv64-virt/readme.txt b/board/qemu/riscv64-virt/readme.txt
index f9e920a88b..fc6bfffb5d 100644
--- a/board/qemu/riscv64-virt/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/riscv64-virt/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run Linux in emulation with:
 
-  qemu-system-riscv64 -M virt -bios output/images/fw_jump.elf -kernel output/images/Image -append "rootwait root=/dev/vda ro" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 -nographic # qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
+  qemu-system-riscv64 -M virt -bios output/images/fw_jump.bin -kernel output/images/Image -append "rootwait root=/dev/vda ro" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 -nographic # qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
 
   qemu-system-riscv64 -M virt -bios none -kernel output/images/Image -append "rootwait root=/dev/vda ro" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,format=raw,id=hd0,if=none -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -nographic -cpu rv64,mmu=off -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 # qemu_riscv64_nommu_virt_defconfig
 
diff --git a/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig b/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
index 6064dd66c3..83ea0e91d9 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_riscv32_virt_defconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="rv32"
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.2"
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.6"
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="generic"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_SYSTEM_MODE=y
diff --git a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
index 575e367af8..d9f715198a 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.2"
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.6"
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="generic"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_SYSTEM_MODE=y