diff --git a/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/compilation/TestCompilation.kt b/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/compilation/TestCompilation.kt
index 90a9d0b85c8..8047e335ead 100644
--- a/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/compilation/TestCompilation.kt
+++ b/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/compilation/TestCompilation.kt
@@ -539,5 +539,5 @@ private object BinaryOptions {
 internal fun Settings.getStageDependentPipelineType(): PipelineType =
     when (get<TestMode>()) {
         TestMode.ONE_STAGE_MULTI_MODULE -> get<PipelineType>()
-        TestMode.TWO_STAGE_MULTI_MODULE -> PipelineType.K1  // Don't pass "-language_version 2.0" to the second stage
+        TestMode.TWO_STAGE_MULTI_MODULE -> PipelineType.DEFAULT  // Don't pass "-language_version" option to the second stage
     }