diff --git a/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/main.go b/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/main.go
index d1b269d771..5be00c478e 100644
--- a/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/main.go
+++ b/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ var cli *hooks.CtlCli = hooks.NewSnapCtl()
 func main() {
 	// no subcommand, as called by snapd
 	if len(os.Args) == 1 {
-		// configure everything
+		// process the EdgeX >=2.2 snap options
+		processAppOptions()
+		// configure everything else, incl. the legacy snap options
 		configure()
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/options.go b/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/options.go
index 2876ec7208..d38567740c 100644
--- a/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/options.go
+++ b/snap/local/hooks/cmd/configure/options.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	hooks "github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2"
+	app_options "github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2/options"
 )
 
 func applyConfigOptions(service string) error {
@@ -60,8 +61,59 @@ func options() {
 
 	hooks.Info("edgexfoundry:configure-options: handling config options for a single service: " + *service)
 
+	// process the EdgeX >=2.2 snap options
+	err = app_options.ProcessAppCustomOptions(*service)
+	if err != nil {
+		hooks.Error(fmt.Sprintf("edgexfoundry:configure-options: could not process custom options: %v", err))
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// process the legacy snap options
 	if err := applyConfigOptions(*service); err != nil {
 		hooks.Error(fmt.Sprintf("edgexfoundry:configure-options: error handling config options for %s: %v", *service, err))
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func processAppOptions() {
+	err := app_options.ProcessAppConfig(
+		"core-data",
+		"core-metadata",
+		"core-command",
+		"support-notifications",
+		"support-scheduler",
+		"app-service-configurable",
+		"device-virtual",
+		"security-secret-store",
+		"security-secretstore-setup",
+		"security-proxy-setup",
+		"security-bootstrapper",
+		"sys-mgmgt-agent",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		hooks.Error(fmt.Sprintf("edgexfoundry:configure could not process config options: %v", err))
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// After installation, the configure hook initiates the deferred startup of services,
+	// 	processes snap options and exits. The actual services startup happens only
+	// 	after the configure hook exits.
+	//
+	// The following options should not be processed within the configure hook during
+	//	the initial installation (install-mode=defer-startup). They should be processed
+	//	only on follow-up calls to the configure hook (i.e. when snap set/unset is called)
+	installMode, err := hooks.NewSnapCtl().Config("install-mode") // this set in the install hook
+	if err != nil {
+		hooks.Error(fmt.Sprintf("edgexfoundry:configure failed to read 'install-mode': %s", err))
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if installMode != "defer-startup" {
+		err = app_options.ProcessAppCustomOptions(
+			"secrets-config", // also processed in security-proxy-post-setup.sh
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			hooks.Error(fmt.Sprintf("edgexfoundry:configure: could not process custom options: %v", err))
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/snap/local/hooks/go.mod b/snap/local/hooks/go.mod
index 53536ccc94..592ec830e0 100644
--- a/snap/local/hooks/go.mod
+++ b/snap/local/hooks/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/canonical/edgex-go/hooks
 
-require github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 v2.1.3
+require github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 v2.2.0-beta.5
+
+// replace github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 => ./edgex-snap-hooks
+// replace github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 => github.com/farshidtz/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 d43ccc771100d663099c8ca8e3974d78076b2058
 
 go 1.17
diff --git a/snap/local/hooks/go.sum b/snap/local/hooks/go.sum
index 039e14dc08..207bcb21d9 100644
--- a/snap/local/hooks/go.sum
+++ b/snap/local/hooks/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 v2.1.3 h1:mcV/atn6k6sN6Uik+lSQGEZi4Q6r96epgBW+u6AGZ3Y=
-github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:rOxrwdYL7hJDhxFH3uV+nVgLPjWOhJWgM5PRD5YG1jI=
+github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 v2.2.0-beta.5 h1:EDFjmHy8CG4T8uFPqD+Per8Hgk250PvRsMgEDCXjYtE=
+github.com/canonical/edgex-snap-hooks/v2 v2.2.0-beta.5/go.mod h1:rOxrwdYL7hJDhxFH3uV+nVgLPjWOhJWgM5PRD5YG1jI=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
diff --git a/snap/local/runtime-helpers/bin/security-proxy-post-setup.sh b/snap/local/runtime-helpers/bin/security-proxy-post-setup.sh
index 066decdb49..90751a196b 100755
--- a/snap/local/runtime-helpers/bin/security-proxy-post-setup.sh
+++ b/snap/local/runtime-helpers/bin/security-proxy-post-setup.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ export PATH="$SNAP/bin:$PATH"
 # Several config options depend on resources that only exist after proxy 
 # setup. This re-applies the config options logic after deferred startup:
 $SNAP/snap/hooks/configure options --service=security-proxy
+
+# Process the EdgeX >=2.2 snap options
+$SNAP/snap/hooks/configure options --service=secrets-config