diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
index 9ec46c9486..4e9eea47cc 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ typedef enum {
   * @brief Structure describing parameters for a Wi-Fi fast scan
   */
 typedef struct {
-    int8_t              rssi;             /**< The minimum rssi to accept in the fast scan mode */
+    int8_t              rssi;             /**< The minimum rssi to accept in the fast scan mode. Defaults to -127 if set to >= 0 */
     wifi_auth_mode_t    authmode;         /**< The weakest auth mode to accept in the fast scan mode
                                                Note: In case this value is not set and password is set as per WPA2 standards(password len >= 8), it will be defaulted to WPA2 and device won't connect to deprecated WEP/WPA networks. Please set auth mode threshold as WIFI_AUTH_WEP/WIFI_AUTH_WPA_PSK to connect to WEP/WPA networks */
     uint8_t             rssi_5g_adjustment; /**< The RSSI value of the 5G AP is within the rssi_5g_adjustment range compared to the 2G AP, the 5G AP will be given priority for connection. */
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ typedef struct {
     wifi_scan_method_t scan_method;           /**< Do all channel scan or fast scan */
     bool bssid_set;                           /**< Whether set MAC address of target AP or not. Generally, station_config.bssid_set needs to be 0; and it needs to be 1 only when users need to check the MAC address of the AP.*/
     uint8_t bssid[6];                         /**< MAC address of target AP*/
-    uint8_t channel;                          /**< Channel of target AP. For 2.4G AP, set to 1~13 to scan starting from the specified channel before connecting to AP. For 5G AP, set to 36~177 (36, 40, 44 ... 177) to scan starting from the specified channel before connecting to AP. If the channel of AP is unknown, set it to 0.*/
+    uint8_t channel;                          /**< Channel hint for target AP. For 2.4G AP, set to 1~13 to scan starting from the specified channel before connecting to AP. For 5G AP, set to 36~177 (36, 40, 44 ... 177) to scan starting from the specified channel before connecting to AP. Set to 0 for no preference */
     uint16_t listen_interval;                 /**< Listen interval for ESP32 station to receive beacon when WIFI_PS_MAX_MODEM is set. Units: AP beacon intervals. Defaults to 3 if set to 0. */
     wifi_sort_method_t sort_method;           /**< Sort the connect AP in the list by rssi or security mode */
     wifi_scan_threshold_t  threshold;         /**< When scan_threshold is set, only APs which have an auth mode that is more secure than the selected auth mode and a signal stronger than the minimum RSSI will be used. */
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index 547ddd62ed..25ef79d73a 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 547ddd62ed996f0231a97c6d3d0fb75feabc8227
+Subproject commit 25ef79d73a249f44f402b91a97456eb8cedaa4d5
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wifi_driver.h b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wifi_driver.h
index b9dc1eba43..a7a707bb5b 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wifi_driver.h
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wifi_driver.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ struct wpa_funcs {
     uint8_t *(*owe_build_dhie)(uint16_t group);
     int (*owe_process_assoc_resp)(const u8 *rsn_ie, size_t rsn_len, const uint8_t *dh_ie, size_t dh_len);
     void (*wpa_sta_clear_curr_pmksa)(void);
+    void (*wpa_config_reload)(void);
 };
 
 struct wpa2_funcs {
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ uint8_t esp_wifi_ap_get_prof_authmode_internal(void);
 uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_get_prof_authmode_internal(void);
 uint8_t *esp_wifi_ap_get_prof_password_internal(void);
 struct wifi_ssid *esp_wifi_sta_get_prof_ssid_internal(void);
-uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_get_reset_param_internal(void);
+uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_get_reset_nvs_pmk_internal(void);
 uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_get_pairwise_cipher_internal(void);
 uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_get_group_cipher_internal(void);
 bool esp_wifi_sta_prof_is_wpa_internal(void);
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ int esp_wifi_set_sta_key_internal(int alg, u8 *addr, int key_idx, int set_tx,
 int  esp_wifi_get_sta_key_internal(uint8_t *ifx, int *alg, u8 *addr, int *key_idx,
                                    u8 *key, size_t key_len, enum key_flag key_flag);
 bool esp_wifi_wpa_ptk_init_done_internal(uint8_t *mac);
-uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_set_reset_param_internal(uint8_t reset_flag);
+uint8_t esp_wifi_sta_set_reset_nvs_pmk_internal(uint8_t reset_flag);
 uint8_t esp_wifi_get_sta_gtk_index_internal(void);
 int esp_wifi_register_tx_cb_internal(wifi_tx_cb_t fn, u8 id);
 int esp_wifi_register_eapol_txdonecb_internal(eapol_txcb_t fn);
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c
index 28ff22ad88..29fedafecc 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #if CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_ENABLE_ROAMING_APP
 #include "esp_roaming.h"
 #endif
+#include "rsn_supp/pmksa_cache.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DPP
 #include "common/dpp.h"
@@ -446,6 +447,12 @@ fail:
 }
 #endif
 
+static void wpa_config_reload(void)
+{
+    struct wpa_sm *sm = &gWpaSm;
+    wpa_sm_pmksa_cache_flush(sm, NULL);
+}
+
 int esp_supplicant_init(void)
 {
     int ret = ESP_OK;
@@ -483,6 +490,7 @@ int esp_supplicant_init(void)
     wpa_cb->wpa_michael_mic_failure = wpa_michael_mic_failure;
     wpa_cb->wpa_config_done = wpa_config_done;
     wpa_cb->wpa_sta_clear_curr_pmksa = wpa_sta_clear_curr_pmksa;
+    wpa_cb->wpa_config_reload = wpa_config_reload;
 
     esp_wifi_register_wpa3_ap_cb(wpa_cb);
     esp_wifi_register_wpa3_cb(wpa_cb);
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.c
index d05b4afa82..6161d0b8c1 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.c
@@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ wpa_set_passphrase(char * passphrase, u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len)
         return;
 
     /* This is really SLOW, so just re cacl while reset param */
-    if (esp_wifi_sta_get_reset_param_internal() != 0) {
+    if (esp_wifi_sta_get_reset_nvs_pmk_internal() != 0) {
         // check it's psk
         if (strlen((char *)esp_wifi_sta_get_prof_password_internal()) == 64) {
             if (hexstr2bin((char *)esp_wifi_sta_get_prof_password_internal(),
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ wpa_set_passphrase(char * passphrase, u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len)
                         4096, esp_wifi_sta_get_ap_info_prof_pmk_internal(), PMK_LEN);
         }
         esp_wifi_sta_update_ap_info_internal();
-        esp_wifi_sta_set_reset_param_internal(0);
+        esp_wifi_sta_set_reset_nvs_pmk_internal(0);
     }
 
     if (sm->key_mgmt == WPA_KEY_MGMT_IEEE8021X) {
@@ -2994,4 +2994,10 @@ fail:
     return -1;
 }
 #endif // CONFIG_OWE_STA
+
+
+void wpa_sm_pmksa_cache_flush(struct wpa_sm *sm, void *network_ctx)
+{
+    pmksa_cache_flush(sm->pmksa, network_ctx, NULL, 0);
+}
 #endif // ESP_SUPPLICANT
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h
index 257735d270..12e0fd7f09 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h
@@ -133,4 +133,5 @@ int owe_process_assoc_resp(const u8 *rsn_ie, size_t rsn_len, const uint8_t *dh_i
 
 struct wpabuf *owe_build_assoc_req(struct wpa_sm *sm, u16 group);
 
+void wpa_sm_pmksa_cache_flush(struct wpa_sm *sm, void *network_ctx);
 #endif /* WPA_H */