diff --git a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
index 437d90b..b926c26 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT_MTD=y
 BR2_OCC_BIN_FILENAME="occ.bin"
 BR2_CAPP_UCODE_BIN_FILENAME="cappucode.bin"
+BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="8c51fda780093be69a49a43824b2cb88fbf27623"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOADKEYS=y
 BR2_WITHERSPOON_SYSTEM_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.system.xml"
 BR2_WITHERSPOON_MRW_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.mrw.xml"