diff --git a/.github/conf_esp_idf.yml b/.github/conf_esp_idf.yml
index 37b9ed0e..3d1c3c0d 100644
--- a/.github/conf_esp_idf.yml
+++ b/.github/conf_esp_idf.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ samsung_ac:
   debug_mqtt_port: 1883
   debug_mqtt_username: mqtt_user
   debug_mqtt_password: mqtt_pass
-  
+
   debug_log_messages: false
   debug_log_messages_raw: false
 
diff --git a/components/samsung_ac/debug_mqtt.cpp b/components/samsung_ac/debug_mqtt.cpp
index d4826feb..6fb3d48a 100644
--- a/components/samsung_ac/debug_mqtt.cpp
+++ b/components/samsung_ac/debug_mqtt.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ namespace esphome
 #elif defined(USE_ESP32)
             if (mqtt_client == nullptr)
             {
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 0, 0)
+                // For ESP-IDF v5.0 and above
+                std::string uri = "mqtt://" + host + ":" + std::to_string(port);
+                esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {};
+                mqtt_cfg.broker.address.uri = uri.c_str();
+                if (!username.empty())
+                {
+                    mqtt_cfg.credentials.username = username.c_str();
+                    mqtt_cfg.credentials.authentication.password = password.c_str();
+                }
+#else
+                // For ESP-IDF versions below v5.0
                 esp_mqtt_client_config_t mqtt_cfg = {};
                 mqtt_cfg.host = host.c_str();
                 mqtt_cfg.port = port;
@@ -53,9 +65,11 @@ namespace esphome
                     mqtt_cfg.username = username.c_str();
                     mqtt_cfg.password = password.c_str();
                 }
+#endif
                 mqtt_client = esp_mqtt_client_init(&mqtt_cfg);
                 esp_mqtt_client_start(mqtt_client);
             }
+
 #endif
         }