diff --git a/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiBootloaderConfig.cmake b/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiBootloaderConfig.cmake
index 633e6a4a33..4cae578f49 100644
--- a/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiBootloaderConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiBootloaderConfig.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Maturity level "snapshot" / "release"
-set(DEPTHAI_BOOTLOADER_MATURITY "release")  
+set(DEPTHAI_BOOTLOADER_MATURITY "snapshot")  
 
 # "version if applicable"
-set(DEPTHAI_BOOTLOADER_VERSION "0.0.11")
+set(DEPTHAI_BOOTLOADER_VERSION "eb6701e5b053da5609f2c23a915969247603bc6b")
diff --git a/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiDeviceSideConfig.cmake b/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiDeviceSideConfig.cmake
index 11ef954348..cd06f0bd57 100644
--- a/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiDeviceSideConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Depthai/DepthaiDeviceSideConfig.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set(DEPTHAI_DEVICE_SIDE_MATURITY "snapshot")
 
 # "full commit hash of device side binary"
-set(DEPTHAI_DEVICE_SIDE_COMMIT "b71584129b101b30e4632678c19d33b020c04c36")
+set(DEPTHAI_DEVICE_SIDE_COMMIT "7417ecc8b275931ce2eb8635e854ded05a9c3c6d")
 
 # "version if applicable"
 set(DEPTHAI_DEVICE_SIDE_VERSION "")
diff --git a/include/depthai/device/DeviceBootloader.hpp b/include/depthai/device/DeviceBootloader.hpp
index f4e5d04b42..ecc3871fa5 100644
--- a/include/depthai/device/DeviceBootloader.hpp
+++ b/include/depthai/device/DeviceBootloader.hpp
@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ class DeviceBootloader {
      */
     std::tuple<bool, std::string> flashBootloader(std::function<void(float)> progressCallback, std::string path = "");
 
+    /**
+     * Flashes a boot header that does USB boot (as if setting the boot switches to 0x16). Currently this overwrites the bootloader
+     * @param progressCallback Callback that sends back a value between 0..1 which signifies current flashing progress
+     */
+    std::tuple<bool, std::string> flashUsbBoot(std::function<void(float)> progressCallback);
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a command to switch to USB boot. Cleared by a hard-reset/power-cycle
+     */
+    std::tuple<bool, std::string> switchToUsbBoot();
+
     /**
      * @returns Version of current running bootloader
      */
diff --git a/shared/depthai-bootloader-shared b/shared/depthai-bootloader-shared
index c8779ca581..2f38e221c1 160000
--- a/shared/depthai-bootloader-shared
+++ b/shared/depthai-bootloader-shared
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c8779ca581659803b6f3e465cc2bde7b22203be0
+Subproject commit 2f38e221c161d23c2451788eca7dce9992f137ad
diff --git a/src/device/DeviceBootloader.cpp b/src/device/DeviceBootloader.cpp
index c07ebc56c7..3a2cc906aa 100644
--- a/src/device/DeviceBootloader.cpp
+++ b/src/device/DeviceBootloader.cpp
@@ -367,6 +367,65 @@ std::tuple<bool, std::string> DeviceBootloader::flashBootloader(std::function<vo
     return {result.success, result.errorMsg};
 }
 
+// TODO reduce some code duplication (with the above functions flashBootloader, flashDepthaiApplicationPackage)
+std::tuple<bool, std::string> DeviceBootloader::flashUsbBoot(std::function<void(float)> progressCb) {
+    // get streamId
+    streamId_t streamId = stream->getStreamId();
+
+    // send request to flash BOOT_HEADER with USB boot
+    dai::bootloader::request::UpdateFlash updateFlash;
+    updateFlash.storage = dai::bootloader::request::UpdateFlash::BOOT_HEADER;
+    updateFlash.bootHeader = dai::bootloader::request::UpdateFlash::BootHeader::USB;
+    updateFlash.totalSize = 0;
+    updateFlash.numPackets = 0;
+    if(!sendBootloaderRequest(streamId, updateFlash)) return {false, "Couldn't send bootloader flash request"};
+
+    // Then wait for response by bootloader
+    // Wait till FLASH_COMPLETE response
+    dai::bootloader::response::FlashComplete result;
+    do {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> data;
+        if(!receiveBootloaderResponseData(streamId, data)) return {false, "Couldn't receive bootloader response"};
+
+        dai::bootloader::response::FlashStatusUpdate update;
+        if(parseBootloaderResponse(data, update)) {
+            // if progress callback is set
+            if(progressCb != nullptr) {
+                progressCb(update.progress);
+            }
+            // if flash complete response arrived, break from while loop
+        } else if(parseBootloaderResponse(data, result)) {
+            break;
+        } else {
+            // Unknown response, shouldn't happen
+            return {false, "Unknown response from bootloader while flashing"};
+        }
+
+    } while(true);
+
+    // Return if flashing was successful
+    return {result.success, result.errorMsg};
+}
+
+std::tuple<bool, std::string> DeviceBootloader::switchToUsbBoot() {
+    // get streamId
+    streamId_t streamId = stream->getStreamId();
+
+    // send request to switch to USB boot, and don't let app reset again to bootloader
+    dai::bootloader::request::UsbRomBoot usbBootRequest;
+    usbBootRequest.keepUsbBootAfterAppRestart = true;
+
+    if(!sendBootloaderRequest(streamId, usbBootRequest)) {
+        return {false, "Couldn't send bootloader USB boot request"};
+    }
+
+    // Dummy read, until link falls down and it returns an error
+    streamPacketDesc_t* pPacket;
+    XLinkReadData(streamId, &pPacket);
+
+    return {true, ""};
+}
+
 bool DeviceBootloader::isEmbeddedVersion() {
     return isEmbedded;
 }