diff --git a/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/idf_component.yml
index f306ec841..904dd3fc7 100644
--- a/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/idf_component.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   # Required IDF version
   idf:
     version: ">=5.0"
+  espressif/mqtt:
+    rules:
+    - if: idf_version >=6.0
+      version: ^1.0.0