diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
index ea37a1e..3f3a65f 100644
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # hostboot
 #
 ################################################################################
-HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8 ?= 9381df281b054e05bac4fb87346d876de34bd598
-HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER ?= 82533df4b535112204b62bdc3940aa81a057b896
+HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8 ?= 4974e3159787adb385be296dd241eebc30bd346d
+HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER ?= fde2240fafb48866ef3324f57ae7f4417625ad18
 
 HOSTBOOT_VERSION ?= $(if $(BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9),$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER),$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8))
 HOSTBOOT_SITE ?= $(call github,open-power,hostboot,$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION))
diff --git a/openpower/scripts/firenze-firmware-whitelist b/openpower/scripts/firenze-firmware-whitelist
index e8fc660..c28de75 100755
--- a/openpower/scripts/firenze-firmware-whitelist
+++ b/openpower/scripts/firenze-firmware-whitelist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # A whitelist of entire directories or specific binary files
 whitelist=(     'acenic'
                 'bnx2'
-                'bnx2x'
+                'bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.12.30.0.fw'
                 'cxgb4'
                 'cxgb3'
                 'e100'