diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args
index 8fae9ebfa6..7559b9885f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.config \
-name guest=test,debug-threads=on \
-S \
-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/master-key.aes"}' \
--blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
--blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
--machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
+-machine virt-4.0,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
-accel hvf \
-m size=4194304k \
-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"mach-virt.ram","size":4294967296}' \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.xml
index 01997b9731..3ae6f93647 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
4194304
4194304
2
-
- hvm
- /usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw
- /some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd
+
+ hvm
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.args
index 92fbcffd57..abea7bf158 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/.config \
-name guest=test,debug-threads=on \
-S \
-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-test/master-key.aes"}' \
--machine q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
+-machine pc-q35-4.0,usb=off,smm=on,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
-accel hvf \
-cpu qemu64 \
+-global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on \
-m size=4194304k \
-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":4294967296}' \
-overcommit mem-lock=off \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.xml
index cad560e9ca..93980d434c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
4194304
4194304
2
-
- hvm
+
+ hvm
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.xml
index 16e8c23a79..69c1d5deb3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-aarch64-virt-headless.aarch64-latest.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@
4194304
4194304
2
-
- hvm
- /usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw
- /some/user/nvram/path/guest_VARS.fd
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+ /usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd
+ /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test_VARS.fd
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.xml
index 384241ac3d..032fd43471 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hvf-x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@
4194304
4194304
2
-
- hvm
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
+ /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/test_VARS.fd
+
qemu64