diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/AppHost.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/AppHost.cs
index 1f397cdd5..f9e99c62b 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/AppHost.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/AppHost.cs
@@ -957,6 +957,9 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.Systems
 
             AudioBackend preferredBackend = ConfigurationState.Instance.System.AudioBackend.Value;
 
+            if (preferredBackend is AudioBackend.SDL2)
+                preferredBackend = AudioBackend.SDL3;
+
             for (int i = 0; i < availableBackends.Count; i++)
             {
                 if (availableBackends[i] == preferredBackend)
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/AudioBackend.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/AudioBackend.cs
index af8b7f0b5..f1a0c2362 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/AudioBackend.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/AudioBackend.cs
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.Systems.Configuration
         OpenAl,
         SoundIo,
         SDL3,
+        SDL2 = SDL3
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationFileFormat.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationFileFormat.cs
index 26ea73f73..98a8aba27 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationFileFormat.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationFileFormat.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.Systems.Configuration
         /// <summary>
         /// The current version of the file format
         /// </summary>
-        public const int CurrentVersion = 70;
+        public const int CurrentVersion = 71;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Version of the configuration file format
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationState.Migration.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationState.Migration.cs
index a91a74711..f296629e4 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationState.Migration.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Systems/Configuration/ConfigurationState.Migration.cs
@@ -484,7 +484,13 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.Systems.Configuration
                     };
                 }
         ),
-                (69, static cff => cff.SkipUserProfiles = false)
+                (69, static cff => cff.SkipUserProfiles = false),
+                // no migration needed for 70
+                (71, static cff =>
+                {
+                    if (cff.AudioBackend is AudioBackend.SDL2)
+                        cff.AudioBackend = AudioBackend.SDL3;
+                })
             );
     }
 }