diff --git a/app/boards/shields/sofle/boards/nrfmicro_11.overlay b/app/boards/shields/sofle/boards/nrfmicro_11.overlay
index c761338b..66014da2 100644
--- a/app/boards/shields/sofle/boards/nrfmicro_11.overlay
+++ b/app/boards/shields/sofle/boards/nrfmicro_11.overlay
@@ -1,24 +1,31 @@
 #include <dt-bindings/led/led.h>
 
 &spi1 {
+  compatible = "nordic,nrf-spim";
+  status = "okay";
+  mosi-pin = <6>;
+  // Unused pins, needed for SPI definition, but not used by the ws2812 driver itself.
+  sck-pin = <5>;
+  miso-pin = <7>;
 
   led_strip: ws2812@0 {
     compatible = "worldsemi,ws2812-spi";
     label = "WS2812";
 
     /* SPI */
-    reg = <0>;
-    spi-max-frequency = <5250000>;
+    reg = <0>; /* ignored, but necessary for SPI bindings */
+    spi-max-frequency = <4000000>;
 
     /* WS2812 */
     chain-length = <10>; /* number of LEDs */
-    spi-one-frame = <0x70>; /* make sure to configure this properly for your SOC */
-    spi-zero-frame = <0x40>; /* make sure to configure this properly for your SOC */
+    spi-one-frame = <0x70>;
+    spi-zero-frame = <0x40>;
     color-mapping = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN
                           LED_COLOR_ID_RED
                           LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
   };
 };
+
 / {
     chosen {
         zmk,underglow = &led_strip;