diff --git a/control-vm.sh b/control-vm.sh
index 8f62692..56a2ced 100755
--- a/control-vm.sh
+++ b/control-vm.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 # Virtual machine control script for QEMU/KVM VMs.
-# Tested on Gentoo (~amd64/hardened) with qemu-6.0.
+# Tested on Gentoo (~amd64/hardened) with qemu-9.0
 #
 # You can find the newest version probably on public git repo:
 # https://git.holgersson.xyz/nfr/control-vm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ CPU_CORES="${CPU_CORES:-1}"
 EFI="${EFI:-True}"
 GUEST_NAME="${1}"
 LIVE_ONLY="${LIVE_ONLY:-}"
-MACHINE="${MACHINE:-pc-q35-6.0}"
+MACHINE="${MACHINE:-pc-q35-9.0}"
 MEMORY="${MEMORY:-16384}"
 NET="${NET:-}"
 NETDEV_NAME="vmnic-${GUEST_NAME}"