diff --git a/examples/ota-provider-app/esp32/main/main.cpp b/examples/ota-provider-app/esp32/main/main.cpp
index d016149f5b436b..82f8d52914bd17 100644
--- a/examples/ota-provider-app/esp32/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/ota-provider-app/esp32/main/main.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static void InitServer(intptr_t context)
     {
         otaProvider.SetQueryImageStatus(OTAQueryStatus::kUpdateAvailable);
         otaProvider.SetOTAFilePath(otaImagePath);
+        otaProvider.SetApplyUpdateAction(OTAApplyUpdateAction::kProceed);
     }
     fclose(otaImageFile);
     otaImageFile = NULL;
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/esp32/README.md b/examples/ota-requestor-app/esp32/README.md
index 4fb56712670429..734985783df06c 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/esp32/README.md
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/esp32/README.md
@@ -49,3 +49,9 @@ application of OTA image.
 ```
 ./out/debug/chip-tool pairing onnetwork 12345 20202021
 ```
+
+### Note
+
+While trying out example ota-requestor-app bump the software version from
+`CMakeList.txt` and not from `idf.py menuconfig`. And software version of the
+image which is being ota should be greater than current software version.