diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index f2c443aa47..3a06713675 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3355,7 +3355,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("devices-acpi-index");
 
     DO_TEST_MACOS("hvf-x86_64-q35-headless",
-                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_DISABLE_LEGACY,
+                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_TRANSITIONAL,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_NET,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_ISA_SERIAL,
@@ -3363,7 +3363,7 @@ mymain(void)
                   QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
     DO_TEST_MACOS("hvf-aarch64-virt-headless",
                   QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX,
-                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_DISABLE_LEGACY,
+                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_TRANSITIONAL,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_NET,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PL011,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index d9e393a2fb..6052edcf9e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("devices-acpi-index");
 
     DO_TEST_MACOS("hvf-x86_64-q35-headless",
-                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_DISABLE_LEGACY,
+                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_TRANSITIONAL,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_NET,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_ISA_SERIAL,
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ mymain(void)
                   QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
     DO_TEST_MACOS("hvf-aarch64-virt-headless",
                   QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX,
-                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_DISABLE_LEGACY,
+                  QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_TRANSITIONAL,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_NET,
                   QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PL011,