diff --git a/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/sdkconfig.ci.on_update_no_sb_rsa b/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/sdkconfig.ci.on_update_no_sb_rsa
index f83bf4f85e..80de0dcb06 100644
--- a/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/sdkconfig.ci.on_update_no_sb_rsa
+++ b/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/sdkconfig.ci.on_update_no_sb_rsa
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_NO_SECURE_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_ON_UPDATE_NO_SECURE_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_RSA_SCHEME=y
 CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_SIGNING_KEY="test/secure_boot_signing_key.pem"
+CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_ALLOW_SHORT_APP_PARTITION=y
 
 CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_ETHERNET=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLE_CONNECT_WIFI=n