diff --git a/test/vhost/common/common.sh b/test/vhost/common/common.sh
index 6f7683a51..fcc4fbfd3 100644
--- a/test/vhost/common/common.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/common/common.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set -e
 
 : ${SPDK_VHOST_VERBOSE=false}
-: ${QEMU_PREFIX="/usr/local/qemu/spdk-2.12"}
+: ${QEMU_PREFIX="/usr/local/qemu/spdk-3.0.0"}
 
 BASE_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))