diff --git a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
index 0e2f5d0..567dd3f 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 BR2_OCC_BIN_FILENAME="occ.bin"
 BR2_CAPP_UCODE_BIN_FILENAME="cappucode.bin"
 BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="28e96ffaba8b659f48312bdcea35a1403310fba3"
+BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="c9bf78b0556b1d2c2f3a5041d3da7df225227cde"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOADKEYS=y
 BR2_WITHERSPOON_SYSTEM_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.system.xml"
 BR2_WITHERSPOON_MRW_XML_FILENAME="WITHERSPOON_hb.mrw.xml"