diff --git a/configs/avenger96_defconfig b/configs/avenger96_defconfig
index 1f8e7a50d1..adfd7585c4 100644
--- a/configs/avenger96_defconfig
+++ b/configs/avenger96_defconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="120M"
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="v2.2"
+BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="v2.9"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_PLATFORM="stm32mp1"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_ADDITIONAL_VARIABLES="STM32MP_SDMMC=1 AARCH32_SP=sp_min DTB_FILE_NAME=stm32mp157a-avenger96.dtb"
 BR2_TARGET_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_DEBUG=y