diff --git a/tools/ci/build_template_app.sh b/tools/ci/build_template_app.sh
index b79d94fa28..140aad2c73 100755
--- a/tools/ci/build_template_app.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/build_template_app.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ build_stage2() {
         --build-log ${BUILD_LOG_CMAKE} \
         --size-file size.json \
         --collect-size-info size_info.txt \
-        --default-build-targets esp32,esp32s2,esp32s3,esp32c2,esp32c3 # add esp32h2 back after IDF-5541
+        --default-build-targets esp32,esp32s2,esp32s3,esp32c2,esp32c3 \
+        --ignore-warning-str "DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API"
+        # add esp32h2 back after IDF-5541
 }
 
 build_stage1() {
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ build_stage1() {
         --build-log ${BUILD_LOG_CMAKE} \
         --size-file size.json \
         --collect-size-info size_info.txt \
-        --default-build-targets esp32,esp32s2,esp32s3,esp32c2,esp32c3,esp32h2
+        --default-build-targets esp32,esp32s2,esp32s3,esp32c2,esp32c3,esp32h2 \
+        --ignore-warning-str "DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API"
 }
 
 # Default arguments
diff --git a/tools/ci/ignore_build_warnings.txt b/tools/ci/ignore_build_warnings.txt
index 0f2daf214b..a52d0010d2 100644
--- a/tools/ci/ignore_build_warnings.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/ignore_build_warnings.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ CryptographyDeprecationWarning
 Warning: \d+/\d+ app partitions are too small for binary
 CMake Deprecation Warning at main/lib/tinyxml2/CMakeLists\.txt:11 \(cmake_policy\)
 The smallest .+ partition is nearly full \(\d+% free space left\)!
+DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API