diff --git a/components/mbedtls/CMakeLists.txt b/components/mbedtls/CMakeLists.txt
index e87a2a5641..750c9077ef 100644
--- a/components/mbedtls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/mbedtls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ if(CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_ECDSA_SIGN_CONSTANT_TIME_CM)
     mbedcrypto_optional_deps(esp_timer idf::esp_timer)
 endif()
 
-# Link esp-cryptoauthlib to mbedtls
+# Link esp-cryptoauthlib to mbedcrypto
 if(CONFIG_ATCA_MBEDTLS_ECDSA)
-    idf_component_optional_requires(PRIVATE espressif__esp-cryptoauthlib esp-cryptoauthlib)
+    mbedcrypto_optional_deps(espressif__esp-cryptoauthlib esp-cryptoauthlib)
 endif()