diff --git a/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt b/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
index f5087d8..d19e429 100644
--- a/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 set(SP_BIN_UUID_CANON "6823a838-1b06-470e-9774-0cce8bfb53fd")
 set(SP_FFA_UUID_CANON "${TS_RPC_UUID_CANON}")
 set(SP_HEAP_SIZE "32 * 1024" CACHE STRING "SP heap size in bytes")
+set(SP_BOOT_ORDER "7")
 
 target_include_directories(fwu PRIVATE
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
 export_sp(
 	SP_FFA_UUID_CANON ${SP_FFA_UUID_CANON}
 	SP_BIN_UUID_CANON ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}
+	SP_BOOT_ORDER ${SP_BOOT_ORDER}
 	SP_NAME "fwu"
 	DTS_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/default_fwu.dts.in
 	JSON_IN ${TS_ROOT}/environments/opteesp/sp_pkg.json.in
diff --git a/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/default_fwu.dts.in b/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/default_fwu.dts.in
index 14970d5..d62850f 100644
--- a/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/default_fwu.dts.in
+++ b/deployments/fwu/config/default-opteesp/default_fwu.dts.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	exception-level = <1>; /* S-EL0 */
 	execution-state = <0>; /* AArch64 */
 	xlat-granule = <0>; /* 4KiB */
+	boot-order = /bits/ 16 <@EXPORT_SP_BOOT_ORDER@>;
 	messaging-method = <3>; /* Direct messaging only */
 	ns-interrupts-action = <2>; /* Non-secure interrupts are signaled */
 	elf-format = <1>;
diff --git a/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt b/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt
index f84ba8f..9ddc7cc 100644
--- a/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 set(SP_FFA_UUID_CANON "${TS_RPC_UUID_CANON}")
 set(SP_STACK_SIZE "64 * 1024" CACHE STRING "Stack size")
 set(SP_HEAP_SIZE "32 * 1024" CACHE STRING "Heap size")
+set(SP_BOOT_ORDER "7")
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Configure trace output
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
 export_sp(
 	SP_FFA_UUID_CANON ${SP_FFA_UUID_CANON}
 	SP_BIN_UUID_CANON ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}
+	SP_BOOT_ORDER ${SP_BOOT_ORDER}
 	SP_NAME ${SP_NAME}
 	DTS_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/default_${SP_NAME}.dts.in
 	DTS_MEM_REGIONS ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}_memory_regions.dtsi
diff --git a/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/default_fwu.dts.in b/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/default_fwu.dts.in
index 3f1292e..a30111a 100644
--- a/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/default_fwu.dts.in
+++ b/deployments/fwu/config/default-sp/default_fwu.dts.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	exception-level = <1>; /* S-EL0 */
 	execution-state = <0>; /* AArch64 */
 	xlat-granule = <0>; /* 4KiB */
+	boot-order = /bits/ 16 <@EXPORT_SP_BOOT_ORDER@>;
 	messaging-method = <3>; /* Direct messaging only */
 	ns-interrupts-action = <2>; /* Non-secure interrupts are signaled */