diff --git a/openpower/configs/firenze_defconfig b/openpower/configs/firenze_defconfig
index 4d6baa2..5bea940 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/firenze_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/firenze_defconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 BR2_PACKAGE_SKIBOOT=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_SKIBOOT_EMBED_PAYLOAD=n
 BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="skiboot-5.3.7"
+BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="skiboot-5.4.3"
 
 # petitboot requirements
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE=y
diff --git a/openpower/configs/garrison_defconfig b/openpower/configs/garrison_defconfig
index 02bb5fc..32206c7 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/garrison_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/garrison_defconfig
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
 
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="skiroot"
 
-# skiboot requirements
-BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="skiboot-5.3.7"
-
 # petitboot requirements
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE=y
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C de en es fr it ja ko pt_BR ru zh_CN zh_TW"
diff --git a/openpower/configs/openpower_p9_mambo_defconfig b/openpower/configs/openpower_p9_mambo_defconfig
index daf6c8e..3281b24 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/openpower_p9_mambo_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/openpower_p9_mambo_defconfig
@@ -42,5 +42,3 @@
 BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME="openpower-mambo-p9"
 BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT=y
 # BR2_PACKAGE_OCC is not set
-BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="skiboot-5.3.7"
diff --git a/openpower/package/skiboot/Config.in b/openpower/package/skiboot/Config.in
index be8370e..d096c8b 100644
--- a/openpower/package/skiboot/Config.in
+++ b/openpower/package/skiboot/Config.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 config BR2_SKIBOOT_VERSION
 	string
-	default "skiboot-5.2.5" if BR2_SKIBOOT_LATEST_VERSION
+	default "skiboot-5.4.3" if BR2_SKIBOOT_LATEST_VERSION
 	default BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE \
 		if BR2_SKIBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION