diff --git a/backends/arm/scripts/mlsdk_utils.sh b/backends/arm/scripts/mlsdk_utils.sh
index 3129676ec4b..f62b9f6d4f0 100755
--- a/backends/arm/scripts/mlsdk_utils.sh
+++ b/backends/arm/scripts/mlsdk_utils.sh
@@ -7,29 +7,17 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 mlsdk_manifest_url="https://github.com/arm/ai-ml-sdk-manifest.git"
+mlsdk_manifest_tag="dev-snapshot-2025-09-12"
 
 script_dir=$(cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd)
 
 source ${script_dir}/utils.sh
 
-usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [-u <mlsdk-manifest-url>]" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-
-while getopts ":u:" opt; do
-    case "${opt}" in
-        u)
-            mlsdk_manifest_url=${OPTARG}
-            ;;
-        *)
-            usage
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
 function download_ai_mlsdk_manifest() {
-    local _dada_dir="$1"
+    local _manifest_dir="$1"
 
-    if [[ -z "${_dada_dir}" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: _dada_dir parameter missing?"
+    if [[ -z "${_manifest_dir}" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: _manifest_dir parameter missing?"
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -38,20 +26,25 @@ function download_ai_mlsdk_manifest() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    if [[ ! -d "${_dada_dir}" ]]; then
-        mkdir -p "$_dada_dir"
-        pushd "$_dada_dir" || exit 1
+    if [[ ! -d "${_manifest_dir}" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "$_manifest_dir"
+        pushd "$_manifest_dir" || exit 1
 
         curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > repo
         chmod u+x repo
-        ./repo init  --no-repo-verify --depth=1  --manifest-url  ${mlsdk_manifest_url} -g model-converter,emulation-layer,vgf-library
-        ./repo sync
+        ./repo init \
+               --depth=1 \
+               --no-repo-verify \
+               --manifest-url ${mlsdk_manifest_url} \
+               --manifest-branch ${mlsdk_manifest_tag} \
+               -g model-converter,emulation-layer,vgf-library
+        ./repo sync -j$(nproc)
 
         popd
     fi
 }
 
-function setup_model_converter() {
+function setup_mlsdk() {
     local work_dir="$1"
     local manifest_dir="$2"
     local enable_model_converter="$3"
@@ -147,6 +140,3 @@ function setup_path_emulation_layer() {
     prepend_env_in_setup_path VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS VK_LAYER_ML_Graph_Emulation
     prepend_env_in_setup_path VK_LAYER_PATH "${model_emulation_layer_path}/deploy/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d"
 }
-
-#setup_model_converter() $1
-# `"$manifest_dir"'
diff --git a/examples/arm/setup.sh b/examples/arm/setup.sh
index 2aa6590c64d..a4640c1206a 100755
--- a/examples/arm/setup.sh
+++ b/examples/arm/setup.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ enable_model_converter=0   # model-converter tool for VGF output
 enable_vgf_lib=0  # vgf reader - runtime backend dependency
 enable_emulation_layer=0  # Vulkan layer driver - emulates Vulkan ML extensions
 enable_vulkan_sdk=0  # Download and export Vulkan SDK required by emulation layer
-mlsdk_manifest_url="https://github.com/arm/ai-ml-sdk-manifest.git"
 
 # Figure out if setup.sh was called or sourced and save it into "is_script_sourced"
 (return 0 2>/dev/null) && is_script_sourced=1 || is_script_sourced=0
@@ -145,17 +144,6 @@ function check_options() {
                 enable_vulkan_sdk=1
                 shift
                 ;;
-            --mlsdk-manifest-url)
-                # Ensure that there is a url provided.
-                if [[ -n "$2" && "${2:0:1}" != "-" ]]; then
-                    mlsdk_manifest_url="$2"
-                    shift 2
-                else
-                    echo "Error: --mlsdk-manifest-url requires a URL argument."
-                    print_usage "$@"
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-                ;;
             --setup-test-dependency)
                 echo "Installing test dependency..."
                 source $et_dir/backends/arm/scripts/install_models_for_test.sh
@@ -251,8 +239,6 @@ if [[ $is_script_sourced -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "enable-emulation-layer=${enable_emulation_layer}"
     echo "enable-vulkan-sdk=${enable_vulkan_sdk}"
     echo "enable-vela=${enable_vela}"
-    echo "mlsdk-manifest-url=${mlsdk_manifest_url}"
-
 
     # Setup toolchain
     if [[ "${enable_baremetal_toolchain}" -eq 1 ]]; then
@@ -276,15 +262,21 @@ if [[ $is_script_sourced -eq 0 ]]; then
     if [[ "${enable_model_converter}" -eq 1 || \
           "${enable_vgf_lib}" -eq 1 || \
           "${enable_emulation_layer}" -eq 1 ]]; then
-        source $et_dir/backends/arm/scripts/mlsdk_utils.sh -u "${mlsdk_manifest_url}"
-        setup_model_converter ${root_dir} ${mlsdk_manifest_dir} ${enable_model_converter} ${enable_vgf_lib} ${enable_emulation_layer}
+        source $et_dir/backends/arm/scripts/mlsdk_utils.sh
+        setup_mlsdk ${root_dir} \
+                    ${mlsdk_manifest_dir} \
+                    ${enable_model_converter} \
+                    ${enable_vgf_lib} \
+                    ${enable_emulation_layer}
     fi
 
     # Create the setup_path.sh used to create the PATH variable for shell
     create_setup_path
 
     # Setup the tosa_reference_model and dependencies
-    CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 BUILD_PYBIND=1 pip install --no-dependencies -r $et_dir/backends/arm/requirements-arm-tosa.txt
+    CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
+        BUILD_PYBIND=1 \
+        pip install --no-dependencies -r $et_dir/backends/arm/requirements-arm-tosa.txt
 
     if [[ "${enable_vela}" -eq 1 ]]; then
         setup_ethos_u_tools