diff --git a/boards/native/native_posix/Kconfig.defconfig b/boards/native/native_posix/Kconfig.defconfig
index 70d597b4192..2d896061f78 100644
--- a/boards/native/native_posix/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/boards/native/native_posix/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 if BOARD_NATIVE_POSIX
 
+config BOARD_DEPRECATED_RELEASE
+	default "v4.2.0"
+
 config BUILD_OUTPUT_BIN
 	default n