diff --git a/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml b/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml
index d57cf78ff1..996d90d6a0 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/examples/protocols/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ examples/protocols/esp_http_client:
     - if: INCLUDE_DEFAULT == 1 or IDF_TARGET == "linux"
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET not in ["esp32", "linux"]
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_http_client/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_http_client
 
 examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl:
   <<: *default_dependencies
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl:
     - if: IDF_TARGET not in ["esp32", "esp32c3", "esp32s3"]
       reason: only test on these targets
   depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/protocomm/**/*
     - tools/esp_prov/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - protocomm
 
 examples/protocols/http_request:
   <<: *default_dependencies
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ examples/protocols/http_server:
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET not in ["esp32", "esp32c3", "esp32s3"]
       reason: only test on these targets
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_http_server/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_http_server
 
 examples/protocols/http_server/captive_portal:
   <<: *default_dependencies
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ examples/protocols/http_server/captive_portal:
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
       reason: only test on esp32
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_http_server/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_http_server
 
 examples/protocols/http_server/restful_server:
   <<: *default_dependencies
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ examples/protocols/http_server/restful_server:
     - if: IDF_TARGET in ["esp32h2"]
       temporary: true
       reason: not supported yet
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_http_server/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_http_server
 
 examples/protocols/http_server/simple:
   <<: *default_dependencies
@@ -80,16 +81,16 @@ examples/protocols/http_server/simple:
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET not in ["esp32", "esp32c3", "esp32s3"]
       reason: only test on these targets
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_http_server/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_http_server
 
 examples/protocols/http_server/ws_echo_server:
   <<: *default_dependencies
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
       reason: only test on esp32
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_http_server/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_http_server
 
 examples/protocols/https_mbedtls:
   <<: *default_dependencies
@@ -114,25 +115,25 @@ examples/protocols/https_server/simple:
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET not in ["esp32", "esp32c3", "esp32s3"]
       reason: only test on these targets
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_https_server/**/*
-    - components/esp_tls/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_https_server
+    - esp-tls
 
 examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server:
   <<: *default_dependencies
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
       reason: only test on esp32
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_https_server/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp_https_server
 
 examples/protocols/https_x509_bundle:
   <<: *default_dependencies
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
       reason: only test on esp32
-  depends_filepatterns:
-    - components/esp_tls/**/*
+  depends_components+:
+    - esp-tls
 
 examples/protocols/icmp_echo:
   <<: *default_dependencies