diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index 1fe4f6a..cded7b2 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_phosphor-ipmi-providers ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-gpio-monitor = "1.0"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-state-manager = "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-ipmi-host = "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-dbus-monitor = "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_mboxd = "1.0"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
index d51ef87..0bdfc61 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 platforms."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-state-manager"
 PR = "r1"
+PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/LICENSE;md5=e3fc50a88d0a364313df4b21ef20c29e"