diff --git a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
index ec149220c..da4b55425 100644
--- a/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
+++ b/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/README.md
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ First, clone the fio source repository from https://github.com/axboe/fio
 
     git clone https://github.com/axboe/fio
 
-Then check out the fio 3.15:
-
-    cd fio && git checkout fio-3.15
-
-Finally, compile the code:
+Then check out the latest fio version and compile the code:
 
     make
 
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index e755cef93..d57fa6e2a 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ 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-3.15"
+		local fio_version="fio-3.19"
 
 		if [ ! -d /usr/src/fio ]; then
 			if [ ! -d fio ]; then