diff --git a/lib/fprotect/Kconfig b/lib/fprotect/Kconfig
index 6d5333ee99ea..ccc81fccfeb7 100644
--- a/lib/fprotect/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/fprotect/Kconfig
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ menuconfig FPROTECT
 	depends on SOC_FAMILY_NORDIC_NRF
 	depends on !(SOC_SERIES_NRF54LX && IS_SECURE_BOOTLOADER)
 	select NRFX_RRAMC if SOC_SERIES_NRF54LX
+	default y if MCUBOOT && (!SOC_SERIES_NRF54LX || (SOC_SERIES_NRF54LX && MCUBOOT_MCUBOOT_IMAGE_NUMBER = -1))
+	imply FPROTECT_ALLOW_COMBINED_REGIONS if MCUBOOT && SOC_SERIES_NRF54LX && MCUBOOT_MCUBOOT_IMAGE_NUMBER = -1
 	help
 	  Enable the software library FPROTECT that may or may not be used
 	  by other systems to protect flash from writes and possibly also
diff --git a/west.yml b/west.yml
index 4b204efe9f12..3fa5da091b6d 100644
--- a/west.yml
+++ b/west.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ manifest:
           compare-by-default: true
     - name: mcuboot
       repo-path: sdk-mcuboot
-      revision: 4532c33e13400f8686067605764b1cde0d07ff7a
+      revision: pull/446/head
       path: bootloader/mcuboot
     - name: qcbor
       url: https://github.com/laurencelundblade/QCBOR