diff --git a/modules/hal_nordic/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/hal_nordic/CMakeLists.txt
index c4a7134935c..7f46997c697 100644
--- a/modules/hal_nordic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/hal_nordic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if(CONFIG_NRF_REGTOOL_GENERATE_UICR)
   list(APPEND nrf_regtool_components GENERATE:UICR)
 endif()
 if(DEFINED nrf_regtool_components)
-  find_package(nrf-regtool 5.1.0
+  find_package(nrf-regtool 5.1.0 REQUIRED
     COMPONENTS ${nrf_regtool_components}
     PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nrf-regtool
     NO_CMAKE_PATH