diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index e07292fd79de..4b4e767b66dc 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ def configure_seastar(build_dir, mode):
         '-DSeastar_CXX_FLAGS={}'.format((seastar_cflags + ' ' + modes[mode]['cxx_ld_flags']).replace(' ', ';')),
         '-DSeastar_LD_FLAGS={}'.format(seastar_ldflags),
         '-DSeastar_CXX_DIALECT=gnu++20',
-        '-DSeastar_API_LEVEL=4',
+        '-DSeastar_API_LEVEL=5',
         '-DSeastar_UNUSED_RESULT_ERROR=ON',
     ]