diff --git a/tt_metal/hw/CMakeLists.txt b/tt_metal/hw/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ba5bdbea1d..bd487cb2ab7 100644
--- a/tt_metal/hw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tt_metal/hw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ set(TYPES
 
 include(FetchContent)
 set(SFPI_x86_64_Linux_RELEASE
-    "v6.0.0/sfpi-release.tgz"
-    "d837d26a2312d27815179995fdea83bd"
+    "v6.1.0/sfpi-release.tgz"
+    "da98a135fe95a462c3b6b4e054dc159f"
 )
 if(DEFINED SFPI_${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}_${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME}_RELEASE)
     set(SFPI_RELEASE "${SFPI_${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}_${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME}_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/tt_metal/include/compute_kernel_api/common.h b/tt_metal/include/compute_kernel_api/common.h
index c7e13ebea85..feaa953791c 100644
--- a/tt_metal/include/compute_kernel_api/common.h
+++ b/tt_metal/include/compute_kernel_api/common.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #include "compute_kernel_api/reconfig_data_format.h"
 #include "compute_kernel_api/cb_api.h"
 
-extern uint32_t* rta_l1_base;
-extern uint32_t* crta_l1_base;
+extern uint32_t tt_l1_ptr* rta_l1_base;
+extern uint32_t tt_l1_ptr* crta_l1_base;
 
 // clang-format off
 /**