diff --git a/firmware-2712/default/pieeprom-2023-12-14.bin b/firmware-2712/default/pieeprom-2023-12-14.bin
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diff --git a/firmware-2712/latest/pieeprom-2023-12-14.bin b/firmware-2712/latest/pieeprom-2023-12-14.bin
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diff --git a/firmware-2712/release-notes.md b/firmware-2712/release-notes.md
index 5c05318..4c3b52e 100644
--- a/firmware-2712/release-notes.md
+++ b/firmware-2712/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Raspberry Pi5 bootloader EEPROM release notes
 
+2023-12-17: Promote 2023-12-14 to default release
+* Bump to the default release now that the partition number fix is confirmed.
+
+2023-12-14: Fix boot partition parameter (latest)
+* Fix an issue where the boot partition parameter in PM_RSTS was cleared
+  before being checked.
+  https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1853
+* Add a specific fatal error pattern for RP1 not found - 4 long - 3 short
+
 2023-12-12: Promote 2023-12-06 to default release.
 
 2023-12-06: Initialise DWC PHY (latest)
diff --git a/imager/make-imager-release b/imager/make-imager-release
index a8c89b3..6320115 100755
--- a/imager/make-imager-release
+++ b/imager/make-imager-release
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 ${script_dir}/make-release critical 2023-01-11 000138c0 "${script_dir}/2711-config" release-2711 rpi-boot-eeprom-recovery 2711
 
 # Pi5
-${script_dir}/make-release critical 2023-10-18 "" "${script_dir}/2712-config" release-2712 rpi-boot-eeprom-recovery 2712
+${script_dir}/make-release critical 2023-12-06 "" "${script_dir}/2712-config" release-2712 rpi-boot-eeprom-recovery 2712
diff --git a/rpi-eeprom-update b/rpi-eeprom-update
index 0e04e17..75ed725 100755
--- a/rpi-eeprom-update
+++ b/rpi-eeprom-update
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ getBootloaderUpdateVersion() {
 }
 
 chipNotSupported() {
-   echo "This tool only works with Raspberry Pi4 and Rapberry Pi5"
+   echo "Device does not a have a Raspberry Pi bootloader EEPROM (e.g. Pi 4 or Pi 5). Skipping bootloader update."
    exit ${EXIT_SUCCESS}
 }
 
@@ -450,11 +450,15 @@ checkDependencies() {
       die "lspci not found. Try installing the pciutils package."
    fi
 
+   if ! command -v strings > /dev/null; then
+      die "strings not found. Try installing the binutils package."
+   fi
+
    # vcgencmd bootloader_version is deprecated. Use device-tree if available to
    # reduce the number of dependencies on VCHI.
    if ! [ -f "${DT_BOOTLOADER_TS}" ]; then
       if ! command -v vcgencmd > /dev/null; then
-         die "vcgencmd not found. Try installing the libraspberrypi-bin package."
+         die "vcgencmd not found. Try installing the raspi-utils package."
       fi
    fi
 
@@ -473,7 +477,7 @@ checkDependencies() {
    fi
 
    if ! command -v sha256sum > /dev/null; then
-      die "sha256sum not found. Try installing the coreutilities package."
+      die "sha256sum not found. Try installing the coreutils package."
    fi
 
    if [ "${BCM_CHIP}" = 2711 ] && [ ! -f "${RECOVERY_BIN}" ]; then