diff --git a/fs/littlefs/CMakeLists.txt b/fs/littlefs/CMakeLists.txt
index fcc269c9910..f63764693c9 100644
--- a/fs/littlefs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fs/littlefs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 
 if(CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS)
   if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/littlefs)
-    set(LITTLEFS_VERSION 2.4.0)
 
     FetchContent_Declare(
       littlefs
-      URL https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/archive/v${LITTLEFS_VERSION}.tar.gz
+      URL https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/archive/v${CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS_VERSION}.tar.gz
           SOURCE_DIR
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/littlefs
           BINARY_DIR
diff --git a/fs/littlefs/Kconfig b/fs/littlefs/Kconfig
index 6cd32e64a26..0457c1559bc 100644
--- a/fs/littlefs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/littlefs/Kconfig
@@ -127,4 +127,10 @@ config FS_LITTLEFS_ATTR_UPDATE
 	---help---
 		Enable support for attributes when create a file.
 
+config FS_LITTLEFS_VERSION
+	string "LITTLEFS version to use"
+	default "2.5.1"
+	---help---
+		The LITTLEFS version to use.
+
 endif
diff --git a/fs/littlefs/Make.defs b/fs/littlefs/Make.defs
index 70b6a79bcbd..bdcbef78343 100644
--- a/fs/littlefs/Make.defs
+++ b/fs/littlefs/Make.defs
@@ -47,15 +47,14 @@ CFLAGS += -DLFS_NAME_MAX=$(CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS_NAME_MAX)
 CFLAGS += -DLFS_FILE_MAX=$(CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS_FILE_MAX)
 CFLAGS += -DLFS_ATTR_MAX=$(CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS_ATTR_MAX)
 
-LITTLEFS_VERSION ?= 2.5.1
-LITTLEFS_TARBALL = v$(LITTLEFS_VERSION).tar.gz
+LITTLEFS_TARBALL = v$(CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 $(LITTLEFS_TARBALL):
 	$(call DOWNLOAD,https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/archive,$(LITTLEFS_TARBALL),littlefs/$(LITTLEFS_TARBALL))
 
 .littlefsunpack: $(LITTLEFS_TARBALL)
 	$(Q) tar zxf littlefs/$(LITTLEFS_TARBALL) -C littlefs
-	$(Q) mv littlefs/littlefs-$(LITTLEFS_VERSION) littlefs/littlefs
+	$(Q) mv littlefs/littlefs-$(CONFIG_FS_LITTLEFS_VERSION) littlefs/littlefs
 	$(Q) git apply littlefs/lfs_util.patch
 	$(Q) git apply littlefs/lfs_getpath.patch
 	$(Q) git apply littlefs/lfs_getsetattr.patch