diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tpm-emulator.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tpm-emulator.xml
index 7f1e5756cb..defc3789ad 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tpm-emulator.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/tpm-emulator.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
     <tpm model='tpm-tis'>
-      <backend type='emulator'/>
+      <backend type='emulator' version='1.2'/>
     </tpm>
     <memballoon model='virtio'/>
   </devices>