diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py
index 1beab609b6..131654c333 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-compactblocks.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class CompactBlocksTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         tip = node.getbestblockhash()
         mtp = node.getblockheader(tip)['mediantime']
         block = create_block(int(tip, 16), create_coinbase(height + 1), mtp + 1)
+        block.nVersion = 4
         if segwit:
             add_witness_commitment(block)
         block.solve()