diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst
index dfd70142c24..756c0925fd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3-legacy/index.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32c3-devkit:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst
index 0a347bbbbfb..e8c68758b8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c3/index.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32-C3 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32c3-generic:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst
index 8bcaa11bb75..6a51d3cf8e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32c6/index.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32-C6 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32c6-devkitc:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst
index 967fe03aa4e..38bff47fb17 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/risc-v/esp32h2/index.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Building and flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert
 the ELF to a compatible ESP32-H2 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 Configure the NuttX project: ``./tools/configure.sh esp32h2-devkit:nsh``
 Run ``make`` to build the project.  Note that the conversion mentioned above is
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst
index 7701b0fd7f2..115159d6464 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32/index.rst
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Building and Flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert the ELF to a
 compatible ESP32 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 It's a two-step process where the first converts the ELF file into an ESP32 compatible binary
 and the second flashes it to the board. These steps are included in the build system and it is
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ Prerequisites
 First of all, we need to install ``imgtool`` (a MCUboot utility application to manipulate binary
 images) and ``esptool`` (the ESP32 toolkit)::
 
-    $ pip install imgtool esptool
+    $ pip install imgtool esptool==4.8.dev4
 
 We also need to make sure that the python modules are added to ``PATH``::
 
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst
index 78c0b3e5e1a..e88bbc0e094 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s2/index.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Building and Flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert the ELF to a
 compatible ESP32-S2 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 It's a two-step process where the first converts the ELF file into an ESP32-S2 compatible binary
 and the second flashes it to the board. These steps are included in the build system and it is
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Prerequisites
 First of all, we need to install ``imgtool`` (a MCUboot utility application to manipulate binary
 images) and ``esptool`` (the ESP32-S2 toolkit)::
 
-    $ pip install imgtool esptool
+    $ pip install imgtool esptool==4.8.dev4
 
 We also need to make sure that the python modules are added to ``PATH``::
 
diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst
index 407119ea8d5..7c5a11a9e36 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/index.rst
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Building and Flashing
 
 First, make sure that ``esptool.py`` is installed.  This tool is used to convert the ELF to a
 compatible ESP32-S3 image and to flash the image into the board.
-It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool``.
+It can be installed with: ``pip install esptool==4.8.dev4``.
 
 It's a two-step process where the first converts the ELF file into an ESP32-S3 compatible binary
 and the second flashes it to the board. These steps are included in the build system and it is
diff --git a/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile b/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile
index 34c1167adb6..1cbd4732021 100644
--- a/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/ci/docker/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ RUN pip3 install cmake-format
 RUN pip3 install cvt2utf
 # Install pytest
 RUN pip3 install cxxfilt
-RUN pip3 install esptool
+RUN pip3 install esptool==4.8.dev4
 RUN pip3 install imgtool
 RUN pip3 install kconfiglib
 RUN pip3 install pexpect==4.8.0
diff --git a/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh b/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh
index af2042e18d7..6d1b1700988 100755
--- a/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/platforms/darwin.sh
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ python_tools() {
     cmake-format \
     cvt2utf \
     cxxfilt \
-    esptool \
+    esptool==4.8.dev4 \
     imgtool==1.9.0 \
     kconfiglib \
     pexpect==4.8.0 \
diff --git a/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh b/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh
index eda7087dbcb..0cbc98ef8fd 100755
--- a/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/platforms/linux.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ python_tools() {
     CodeChecker \
     cvt2utf \
     cxxfilt \
-    esptool \
+    esptool==4.8.dev4 \
     imgtool \
     kconfiglib \
     pexpect==4.8.0 \
diff --git a/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh b/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh
index b17f2349b84..8f658846583 100755
--- a/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/platforms/ubuntu.sh
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ python_tools() {
     CodeChecker \
     cvt2utf \
     cxxfilt \
-    esptool \
+    esptool==4.8.dev4 \
     imgtool \
     kconfiglib \
     pexpect==4.8.0 \
diff --git a/tools/esp32/Config.mk b/tools/esp32/Config.mk
index f17dd9e4f4d..02ca4dd666d 100644
--- a/tools/esp32/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32/Config.mk
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk b/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk
index 1167c741e19..08b8c788667 100644
--- a/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32c3/Config.mk
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-C3 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk b/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk
index df3dceaa042..3c2468c0e97 100644
--- a/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32s2/Config.mk
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-S2 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk b/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk
index 1e06e92fb93..3ca37ea2603 100644
--- a/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/esp32s3/Config.mk
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-S3 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: ESP32-S3 binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/tools/espressif/Config.mk b/tools/espressif/Config.mk
index 60172763d5b..f6afb0995c4 100644
--- a/tools/espressif/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/espressif/Config.mk
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ define MKIMAGE
 	$(Q) echo "MKIMAGE: NuttX binary"
 	$(Q) if ! esptool.py version 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo ""; \
-		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool\""; \
+		echo "esptool.py not found.  Please run: \"pip install esptool==4.8.dev4\""; \
 		echo ""; \
 		echo "Run make again to create the nuttx.bin image."; \
 		exit 1; \