diff --git a/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
index 000ae22fee..2868772c0a 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ else() # Regular app build
             rom_linker_script("systimer")
         endif()
 
-        if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT)
+        if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT AND NOT CONFIG_ESP_ROM_HAS_NEWLIB_NANO_PRINTF_FLOAT_BUG)
             # nano formatting functions in ROM are also built for 64-bit time_t.
             rom_linker_script("newlib-nano")
         endif()
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in b/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in
index d6871ae560..9d397c571e 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in
+++ b/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ config ESP_ROM_HAS_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT
     bool
     default y
 
+config ESP_ROM_HAS_NEWLIB_NANO_PRINTF_FLOAT_BUG
+    bool
+    default y
+
 config ESP_ROM_WDT_INIT_PATCH
     bool
     default y
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/esp_rom_caps.h b/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/esp_rom_caps.h
index 9c2377176a..d25ddde561 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/esp_rom_caps.h
+++ b/components/esp_rom/esp32h2/esp_rom_caps.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_SPI_FLASH               (1) // ROM has the implementation of SPI Flash driver
 #define ESP_ROM_WITHOUT_REGI2C              (1) // ROM has no regi2c APIs
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT      (1) // ROM has the newlib nano versions of formatting functions
+#define ESP_ROM_HAS_NEWLIB_NANO_PRINTF_FLOAT_BUG  (1) // ROM has the printf float bug with newlib nano version
 #define ESP_ROM_WDT_INIT_PATCH              (1) // ROM version does not configure the clock
 #define ESP_ROM_NEEDS_SET_CACHE_MMU_SIZE    (1) // ROM needs to set cache MMU size according to instruction and rodata for flash mmap
 #define ESP_ROM_RAM_APP_NEEDS_MMU_INIT      (1) // ROM doesn't init cache MMU when it's a RAM APP, needs MMU hal to init
diff --git a/components/newlib/test_apps/newlib/main/test_newlib.c b/components/newlib/test_apps/newlib/main/test_newlib.c
index 8cb32840c0..c09918bb29 100644
--- a/components/newlib/test_apps/newlib/main/test_newlib.c
+++ b/components/newlib/test_apps/newlib/main/test_newlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static bool fn_in_rom(void *fn)
 /* Older chips have newlib nano in rom as well, but this is not linked in due to us now using 64 bit time_t
    and the ROM code was compiled for 32 bit.
  */
-#define PRINTF_NANO_IN_ROM (CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT && (CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C2 || CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32H2))
+#define PRINTF_NANO_IN_ROM (CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT && CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C2)
 #define SSCANF_NANO_IN_ROM (CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT && CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C2)
 
 TEST_CASE("check if ROM or Flash is used for functions", "[newlib]")
@@ -233,3 +233,10 @@ TEST_CASE("newlib: rom and toolchain localtime func gives the same result", "[ne
     printf("%s\n", test_result);
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("2020-03-12 15:00:00 EDT (tm_isdst = 1)", test_result);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("newlib: printf float as expected", "[newlib]")
+{
+    const float val = 1.23;
+    int len = printf("test printf float val is %1.2f\n", val);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(30, len);
+}