diff --git a/bazel_common/score_modules_target_sw.MODULE.bazel b/bazel_common/score_modules_target_sw.MODULE.bazel
index 96c595bd41f..75857b15689 100644
--- a/bazel_common/score_modules_target_sw.MODULE.bazel
+++ b/bazel_common/score_modules_target_sw.MODULE.bazel
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ git_override(
 bazel_dep(name = "score_lifecycle")
 git_override(
     module_name = "score_lifecycle",
-    commit = "85da2168328d17a3cf53791ebf93534e5ed921fc",
+    commit = "9b86164ac1f850f76ac8ce743be903f98a60f422",
     remote = "https://github.com/eclipse-score/lifecycle.git",
 )
 
diff --git a/known_good.json b/known_good.json
index 5e93c31024a..0896ee61f40 100644
--- a/known_good.json
+++ b/known_good.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
                         "//score/health_monitor/src/rust:miri_tests"
                     ]
                 },
-                "hash": "85da2168328d17a3cf53791ebf93534e5ed921fc"
+                "hash": "9b86164ac1f850f76ac8ce743be903f98a60f422"
             },
             "score_logging": {
                 "repo": "https://github.com/eclipse-score/logging.git",
diff --git a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/BUILD b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/BUILD
index 37afd26f68f..cc374f9e8ea 100644
--- a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/BUILD
+++ b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/BUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # *******************************************************************************
 load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_library.bzl", "cc_library")
+load("@rules_pkg//pkg:mappings.bzl", "pkg_attributes", "pkg_files")
 load("@score_lifecycle//:defs.bzl", "launch_manager_config")
 load("//bazel_common:bundlers.bzl", "score_pkg_bundle")
 
@@ -20,6 +21,21 @@ launch_manager_config(
     flatbuffer_out_dir = "etc",
 )
 
+# launch_manager itself runs with the package's data dir as its cwd (see
+# simple_lifecycle.score.json's "dir"), but ProcessGroupManager chdirs each
+# supervised component into "bin_dir" before exec'ing it, and mw::com resolves
+# "./etc/mw_com_config.json" relative to that cwd. So the config needs to be
+# staged next to the binaries (bin/etc/), not just under data/simple_lifecycle/
+# like the other custom_layout entries below -- otherwise every component that
+# uses mw::com (e.g. control_daemon, the state_manager component) fails mw::com
+# initialization on launch and gets stuck in launch_manager's restart loop.
+pkg_files(
+    name = "simple_lifecycle_bin_mw_com_config_pkg",
+    srcs = ["//showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs:mw_com_config.json"],
+    attributes = pkg_attributes(mode = "0444"),
+    prefix = "bin/etc",
+)
+
 score_pkg_bundle(
     name = "simple_lifecycle",
     bins = [
@@ -35,5 +51,7 @@ score_pkg_bundle(
     custom_layout = {
         ":lifecycle_configs": "etc/",
         "//showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs:logging.json": "etc/logging.json",
+        "//showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs:mw_com_config.json": "etc/mw_com_config.json",
     },
+    other_package_files = [":simple_lifecycle_bin_mw_com_config_pkg"],
 )
diff --git a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/BUILD b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/BUILD
index 802ad609605..7bdb0d69052 100644
--- a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/BUILD
+++ b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/BUILD
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
 exports_files([
     "launch_manager_config.json",
     "logging.json",
+    "mw_com_config.json",
 ])
diff --git a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/launch_manager_config.json b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/launch_manager_config.json
index 1f9e1b87539..08ce602d41c 100644
--- a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/launch_manager_config.json
+++ b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/launch_manager_config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             "ready_recovery_action": {
                 "restart": {
                     "number_of_attempts": 1,
-                    "delay_before_restart": 0.5
+                    "delay_before_restart_ms": 500
                 }
             },
             "sandbox": {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 "application_type": "Reporting",
                 "is_self_terminating": false,
                 "alive_supervision": {
-                    "reporting_cycle": 0.1,
+                    "reporting_cycle_ms": 100,
                     "min_indications": 1,
                     "max_indications": 3,
                     "failed_cycles_tolerance": 1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             }
         },
         "run_target": {
-            "transition_timeout": 5,
+            "transition_timeout_ms": 5000,
             "recovery_action": {
                 "switch_run_target": {
                     "run_target": "fallback_run_target"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             }
         },
         "alive_supervision" : {
-            "evaluation_cycle": 0.5
+            "evaluation_cycle_ms": 500
         }
     },
     "components": {
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
     "fallback_run_target": {
         "description": "Switching off everything",
         "depends_on": ["state_manager"],
-        "transition_timeout": 1.5
+        "transition_timeout_ms": 1500
     },
     "alive_supervision" : {
-        "evaluation_cycle": 0.5
+        "evaluation_cycle_ms": 500
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/mw_com_config.json b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/mw_com_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a478be5d746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/showcases/simple_lifecycle/configs/mw_com_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{
+  "serviceTypes": [
+    {
+      "serviceTypeName": "/score/mw/lifecycle/LmControlService",
+      "version": {
+        "major": 1,
+        "minor": 0
+      },
+      "bindings": [
+        {
+          "binding": "SHM",
+          "serviceId": 7101,
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "eventName": "ActivationResult",
+              "eventId": 1
+            }
+          ],
+          "methods": [
+            {
+              "methodName": "ActivateRunTarget",
+              "methodId": 2
+            },
+            {
+              "methodName": "GetActiveRunTarget",
+              "methodId": 3
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "serviceInstances": [
+    {
+      "instanceSpecifier": "LaunchManager/StateManager/Instance",
+      "serviceTypeName": "/score/mw/lifecycle/LmControlService",
+      "version": {
+        "major": 1,
+        "minor": 0
+      },
+      "instances": [
+        {
+          "instanceId": 1,
+          "asil-level": "QM",
+          "binding": "SHM",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "eventName": "ActivationResult",
+              "numberOfSampleSlots": 8,
+              "maxSubscribers": 1
+            }
+          ],
+          "methods": [
+            {
+              "methodName": "ActivateRunTarget",
+              "queueSize": 1
+            },
+            {
+              "methodName": "GetActiveRunTarget",
+              "queueSize": 1
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "instanceSpecifier": "StateManager/LaunchManager/Instance",
+      "serviceTypeName": "/score/mw/lifecycle/LmControlService",
+      "version": {
+        "major": 1,
+        "minor": 0
+      },
+      "instances": [
+        {
+          "instanceId": 1,
+          "asil-level": "QM",
+          "binding": "SHM",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "eventName": "ActivationResult"
+            }
+          ],
+          "methods": [
+            {
+              "methodName": "ActivateRunTarget",
+              "queueSize": 1
+            },
+            {
+              "methodName": "GetActiveRunTarget",
+              "queueSize": 1
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "global": {
+    "asil-level": "QM"
+  }
+}