diff --git a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
index 0b7deba6b..70c28ddd3 100644
--- a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
+++ b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ First, clone the fio source repository from https://github.com/axboe/fio
 
     git clone https://github.com/axboe/fio
 
-Then check out the fio 3.3:
+Then check out the fio 3.15:
 
-    cd fio && git checkout fio-3.3
+    cd fio && git checkout fio-3.15
 
 Finally, compile the code:
 
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index f685088ec..a4dd4562f 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function install_fio()
     if echo $CONF | grep -q fio; then
         # This version of fio is installed in /usr/src/fio to enable
         # building the spdk fio plugin.
-        local fio_version="fio-3.3"
+        local fio_version="fio-3.15"
 
         # Change version on Arch Linux, 3.3 does not compile
         # with gcc 9