diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
index af21d9d08..ee57f73d2 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ endif()
 
 idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_websocket_client.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
-                    REQUIRES lwip esp-tls tcp_transport nghttp
+                    REQUIRES lwip esp-tls tcp_transport http_parser
                     PRIV_REQUIRES esp_timer)