diff --git a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.1.2.ebuild b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.1.2.ebuild
index be9240fbf0..6a0cd0a1de 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.1.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyelftools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-coredump[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-embedded/esptool
+	dev-embedded/esptool[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-kconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-monitor[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-panic-decoder[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild
index 6036f9efe5..0edfe91fb1 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyelftools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-coredump[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-embedded/esptool
+	dev-embedded/esptool[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-kconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-monitor[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-panic-decoder[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.ebuild b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.ebuild
index 6036f9efe5..0edfe91fb1 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyelftools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-coredump[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-embedded/esptool
+	dev-embedded/esptool[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-kconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-monitor[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-panic-decoder[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]