diff --git a/openpower/configs/p9dsu_dev_defconfig b/openpower/configs/p9dsu_dev_defconfig
index a4aea74..c41b21b 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/p9dsu_dev_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/p9dsu_dev_defconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_LATEST_VERSION=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="p9dsu.config"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARIES_LATEST_VERSION=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT_VALUE="p9dsu-xml"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_VERSION="32ce616ef80f5cc3f128b3aa08fe50954a087888"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILENAME="p9dsu.xml"
@@ -63,3 +64,4 @@
 BR2_CAPP_UCODE_BIN_FILENAME="cappucode.bin"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOADKEYS=y
 BR2_IMA_CATALOG_DTS="POWER9"
+BR2_SBE_LATEST_VERSION=y
diff --git a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_dev_defconfig b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_dev_defconfig
index 9aaa687..ddbe7a9 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_dev_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_dev_defconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_LATEST_VERSION=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="witherspoon.config"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_BINARIES_LATEST_VERSION=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT_VALUE="witherspoon-xml"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_VERSION="7cd20a6ac8fe3b693ccf50a5ab86ce55ca994fdc"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILENAME="witherspoon.xml"
@@ -63,3 +64,4 @@
 BR2_CAPP_UCODE_BIN_FILENAME="cappucode.bin"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOADKEYS=y
 BR2_IMA_CATALOG_DTS="POWER9"
+BR2_SBE_LATEST_VERSION=y