diff --git a/examples/mesh/manual_networking/partitions.csv b/examples/mesh/manual_networking/partitions.csv
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+# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,  Size, Flags
+# Note: if you have increased the bootloader size, make sure to update the offsets to avoid overlap
+nvs,      data, nvs,     0x9000,  0x6000,
+phy_init, data, phy,     0xf000,  0x1000,
+factory,  app,  factory, 0x10000, 1200K,
diff --git a/examples/mesh/manual_networking/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/mesh/manual_networking/sdkconfig.defaults
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+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET=0x8000
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_MD5=y