diff --git a/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake b/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake
index 2018eb0e8f..e9413be9af 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake
@@ -267,7 +267,20 @@ function(__kconfig_generate_config sdkconfig sdkconfig_defaults)
     idf_build_set_property(SDKCONFIG_JSON_MENUS ${sdkconfig_json_menus})
     idf_build_set_property(CONFIG_DIR ${config_dir})
 
-    set(MENUCONFIG_CMD ${python} -m menuconfig)
+    # newer versions of esp-idf-kconfig renamed menuconfig to esp_menuconfig
+    # Order matters here, we want to use esp_menuconfig if it is available
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${python} -c "import esp_menuconfig"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE ESP_MENUCONFIG_AVAILABLE
+        OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET
+    )
+    if(ESP_MENUCONFIG_AVAILABLE EQUAL 0)
+        set(MENUCONFIG_CMD ${python} -m esp_menuconfig)
+    else()
+        set(MENUCONFIG_CMD ${python} -m menuconfig)
+    endif()
+
+
     set(TERM_CHECK_CMD ${python} ${idf_path}/tools/check_term.py)
 
     if(NOT ${ARG_CREATE_MENUCONFIG_TARGET})
diff --git a/tools/ldgen/ldgen/sdkconfig.py b/tools/ldgen/ldgen/sdkconfig.py
index 7899ae5f91..560a1c136c 100644
--- a/tools/ldgen/ldgen/sdkconfig.py
+++ b/tools/ldgen/ldgen/sdkconfig.py
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
-import kconfiglib
+# In newer esp-idf-kconfig versions, kconfiglib module is renamed to esp_kconfiglib
+# Order is important here, as we want to use esp_kconfiglib if available
+try:
+    import esp_kconfiglib as kconfiglib
+except ImportError:
+    import kconfiglib
 
 
 class SDKConfig:
     """
     Evaluates conditional expressions based on the build's sdkconfig and Kconfig files.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, kconfig_file, sdkconfig_file):
         self.config = kconfiglib.Kconfig(kconfig_file)
         self.config.load_config(sdkconfig_file)