diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/build.yml b/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
index 7f95e4e8b3..87a47e0b87 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
@@ -214,19 +214,9 @@ build_clang_test_apps_esp32p4:
       --junitxml ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/XUNIT_RESULT.xml
       --ignore-result-files ${KNOWN_FAILURE_CASES_FILE_NAME}
 
-pytest_build_system:
-  extends: .test_build_system_template
-  parallel: 3
-
-pytest_build_system_macos:
-  extends:
-    - .test_build_system_template
-    - .before_script:build:macos
-    - .after_script:build:macos:upload-failed-job-logs:ccache-show-stats
-    - .rules:build:macos
+.test_build_system_macos_template_extension:
   tags:
     - macos
-  parallel: 3
   variables:
     PYENV_VERSION: "3.10"
     # CCACHE_DIR: "/cache/idf_ccache". On macOS, you cannot write to this folder due to insufficient permissions.
@@ -236,6 +226,57 @@ pytest_build_system_macos:
     # GitLab sets the project dir to this template `<builds_dir>/<namespace>/<project_name>`
     IDF_PATH: "/Users/espressif/builds/espressif/esp-idf"
 
+.test_build_system_minimal_cmake_template:
+  extends: .test_build_system_template
+  variables:
+    INSTALL_EXTRA_TOOLS: cmake@3.22.1
+  script:
+    - MINIMAL_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION=$(echo "${INSTALL_EXTRA_TOOLS}" | sed -n 's/.*cmake@\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/p')
+    - export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -E "s|/tools/cmake/[0-9.]+|/tools/cmake/${MINIMAL_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION}|")
+    - ACTUAL_CMAKE_VERSION=$(cmake --version | head -n1 | awk '{print $3}')
+    - |
+      if [ "${ACTUAL_CMAKE_VERSION}" != "${MINIMAL_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Wrong minimal CMake version! Detected: ${ACTUAL_CMAKE_VERSION}, but should be: ${MINIMAL_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION}"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    - ${IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/test_configure_ci_environment.sh
+    - cd ${IDF_PATH}/tools/test_build_system
+    - run_cmd idf-ci gitlab download-known-failure-cases-file ${KNOWN_FAILURE_CASES_FILE_NAME}
+    - pytest
+      -k cmake
+      --cleanup-idf-copy
+      --parallel-count ${CI_NODE_TOTAL:-1}
+      --parallel-index ${CI_NODE_INDEX:-1}
+      --work-dir ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/test_build_system
+      --junitxml ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/XUNIT_RESULT.xml
+      --ignore-result-files ${KNOWN_FAILURE_CASES_FILE_NAME}
+
+pytest_build_system:
+  extends: .test_build_system_template
+  parallel: 3
+
+pytest_build_system_macos:
+  extends:
+    - .test_build_system_template
+    - .test_build_system_macos_template_extension
+    - .before_script:build:macos
+    - .after_script:build:macos:upload-failed-job-logs:ccache-show-stats
+    - .rules:build:macos
+  parallel: 3
+
+pytest_build_system_minimal_cmake:
+  extends: .test_build_system_minimal_cmake_template
+
+pytest_build_system_macos_minimal_cmake:
+  extends:
+    - .test_build_system_minimal_cmake_template
+    - .test_build_system_macos_template_extension
+    - .before_script:build:macos
+    - .after_script:build:macos:upload-failed-job-logs:ccache-show-stats
+    - .rules:build:macos
+  variables:
+    INSTALL_EXTRA_TOOLS: ninja cmake@3.22.1
+
 build_docker:
   extends:
     - .before_script:minimal
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml
index 8ed4642304..91cf2df5ee 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml
@@ -99,3 +99,34 @@ pytest_build_system_win:
     reports:
       junit: XUNIT_RESULT.xml
     when: always
+
+pytest_build_system_win_minimal_cmake:
+  extends:
+    - .test_build_system_template_win
+    - .rules:labels:windows_pytest_build_system
+  needs: []
+  tags: [windows-build, brew]
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - XUNIT_RESULT.xml
+      - test_build_system
+    expire_in: 2 days
+    reports:
+      junit: XUNIT_RESULT.xml
+    when: always
+  variables:
+    MINIMAL_CMAKE_VERSION: "3.22.1"
+  script:
+    - .\install.ps1 --enable-ci
+    - . .\export.ps1
+    - python ${IDF_PATH}\tools\idf_tools.py install cmake@${MINIMAL_CMAKE_VERSION}
+    - $Env:PATH = "$Env:USERPROFILE\.espressif\tools\cmake\${MINIMAL_CMAKE_VERSION}\bin;$Env:PATH"
+    - |
+      $actualVersion = (& cmake --version).Split()[2]
+      if ($actualVersion -ne $Env:MINIMAL_CMAKE_VERSION) {
+        Write-Error "ERROR: Wrong CMake version! Detected: $actualVersion, but expected: $Env:MINIMAL_CMAKE_VERSION"
+        exit 1
+      }
+    - python "${SUBMODULE_FETCH_TOOL}" -s "all"
+    - cd ${IDF_PATH}\tools\test_build_system
+    - pytest -k cmake --junitxml=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}\XUNIT_RESULT.xml