diff --git a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
index fabd82e..2e8369c 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/build_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "mqtt_app.cpp"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
+target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
index d03e617..657a574 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/test_apps/protocols/mqtt/publish_connect_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "publish_test.c" "connect_test.c" "publish_connect_test.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
+target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")