diff --git a/doc/nrf/releases_and_maturity/releases/release-notes-changelog.rst b/doc/nrf/releases_and_maturity/releases/release-notes-changelog.rst
index 8e4acf28b2a6..6ab85b839521 100644
--- a/doc/nrf/releases_and_maturity/releases/release-notes-changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/nrf/releases_and_maturity/releases/release-notes-changelog.rst
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ Cellular samples
 
 * :ref:`nrf_cloud_multi_service` sample:
 
-  * Fixed an issue with an uninitialized variable in the :c:func:`handle_at_cmd_requests` function.
+  * Fixed:
+
+    * An issue with an uninitialized variable in the :c:func:`handle_at_cmd_requests` function.
+    * An issue with the too small :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_COAP_EXTENDED_OPTIONS_LEN_VALUE` Kconfig value
+      in the :file:`overlay-coap_nrf_provisioning.conf` file.
 
 * :ref:`lte_sensor_gateway` sample:
 
@@ -512,6 +516,9 @@ Libraries for networking
   * :ref:`lib_azure_fota`
   * :ref:`lib_fota_download`
 
+* :ref:`lib_nrf_cloud_pgps` library:
+
+  * Fixed the warning due to missing ``https`` download protocol.
 
 Libraries for NFC
 -----------------
diff --git a/samples/cellular/nrf_cloud_multi_service/overlay-coap_nrf_provisioning.conf b/samples/cellular/nrf_cloud_multi_service/overlay-coap_nrf_provisioning.conf
index 78178da573c5..df0f409a4fd3 100644
--- a/samples/cellular/nrf_cloud_multi_service/overlay-coap_nrf_provisioning.conf
+++ b/samples/cellular/nrf_cloud_multi_service/overlay-coap_nrf_provisioning.conf
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_NRF_PROVISIONING_CODEC_RX_SZ_START=2048
 
 # CoAP Client
 CONFIG_COAP_EXTENDED_OPTIONS_LEN=y
-CONFIG_COAP_EXTENDED_OPTIONS_LEN_VALUE=64
+CONFIG_COAP_EXTENDED_OPTIONS_LEN_VALUE=192
 CONFIG_COAP_CLIENT_THREAD_PRIORITY=0
 CONFIG_COAP_CLIENT_BLOCK_SIZE=1024
 CONFIG_COAP_CLIENT_MESSAGE_SIZE=1024
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/nrf_cloud/src/nrf_cloud_pgps.c b/subsys/net/lib/nrf_cloud/src/nrf_cloud_pgps.c
index 56fc8344c56f..d6342465f31a 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/nrf_cloud/src/nrf_cloud_pgps.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/nrf_cloud/src/nrf_cloud_pgps.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(nrf_cloud_pgps, CONFIG_NRF_CLOUD_GPS_LOG_LEVEL);
 #include "nrf_cloud_pgps_utils.h"
 #include "nrf_cloud_codec_internal.h"
 
-#define FORCE_HTTP_DL			0 /* set to 1 to force HTTP instead of HTTPS */
+#define DOWNLOAD_PROTOCOL		"https://"
 #define PGPS_DEBUG			0 /* set to 1 for extra logging */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NRF_CLOUD_PGPS_PREDICTION_PERIOD_120_MIN)
@@ -867,14 +867,18 @@ int nrf_cloud_pgps_process(const char *buf, size_t buf_len)
 	int err;
 	static char host[CONFIG_DOWNLOADER_MAX_HOSTNAME_SIZE];
 	static char path[CONFIG_DOWNLOADER_MAX_FILENAME_SIZE];
+	size_t sz = strlen(DOWNLOAD_PROTOCOL);
 
 	struct nrf_cloud_pgps_result pgps_dl = {
-		.host = host,
-		.host_sz = sizeof(host),
+		.host = &host[sz],
+		.host_sz = sizeof(host) - sz,
 		.path = path,
 		.path_sz = sizeof(path)
 	};
 
+	/* Include protocol so downloader does not issue a warning. */
+	strncpy(host, DOWNLOAD_PROTOCOL, sz + 1);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_NRF_CLOUD_MQTT)
 	LOG_HEXDUMP_DBG(buf, buf_len, "MQTT packet");
 #endif
@@ -888,6 +892,9 @@ int nrf_cloud_pgps_process(const char *buf, size_t buf_len)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	/* Point to start of full host name including protocol. */
+	pgps_dl.host = host;
+
 	return nrf_cloud_pgps_update(&pgps_dl);
 }
 
@@ -918,14 +925,6 @@ int nrf_cloud_pgps_update(struct nrf_cloud_pgps_result *file_location)
 
 	int sec_tag = nrf_cloud_sec_tag_get();
 
-	if (FORCE_HTTP_DL && (strncmp(file_location->host, "https", 5) == 0)) {
-		memmove(&file_location->host[4],
-			&file_location->host[5],
-			strlen(&file_location->host[4]));
-
-		sec_tag = -1;
-	}
-
 	err =  npgps_download_start(file_location->host, file_location->path,
 				    sec_tag, 0, FRAGMENT_SIZE);