diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_uart.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_uart.c
index 60e4ffc133..d3ab4feb58 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_uart.c
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_uart.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static esp_err_t esp_core_dump_uart_write_data(core_dump_write_data_t *wr_data,
         /* Copy to stack to avoid alignment restrictions. */
         char *tmp = buf + (sizeof(buf) - len);
         memcpy(tmp, addr, len);
+        esp_core_dump_checksum_update(&wr_data->checksum_ctx, tmp, len);
         esp_core_dump_b64_encode((const uint8_t *)tmp, len, (uint8_t *)buf);
         addr += len;
         ESP_COREDUMP_PRINT("%s\r\n", buf);
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@ static esp_err_t esp_core_dump_uart_write_data(core_dump_write_data_t *wr_data,
 
     if (wr_data) {
         wr_data->off += data_len;
-        esp_core_dump_checksum_update(&wr_data->checksum_ctx, data, data_len);
     }
     return err;
 }
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
index 254fb28e17..1774b29155 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ CONFIGS_HW_STACK_GUARD_DUAL_CORE = list(
     )
 )
 
-CONFIG_CAPTURE_DRAM = list(itertools.chain(itertools.product(['coredump_flash_capture_dram'], TARGETS_ALL)))
+CONFIG_CAPTURE_DRAM = list(
+    itertools.chain(itertools.product(['coredump_flash_capture_dram', 'coredump_uart_capture_dram'], TARGETS_ALL))
+)
 
 CONFIG_COREDUMP_SUMMARY = list(itertools.chain(itertools.product(['coredump_flash_elf_sha'], TARGETS_ALL)))
 
@@ -1085,9 +1087,15 @@ def test_capture_dram(dut: PanicTestDut, config: str, test_func_name: str) -> No
     dut.expect_elf_sha256()
     dut.expect_none(['Guru Meditation', 'Re-entered core dump'])
 
-    expect_coredump_flash_write_logs(dut, config)
+    core_elf_file = None
+    if 'flash' in config:
+        expect_coredump_flash_write_logs(dut, config)
+        core_elf_file = dut.process_coredump_flash()
+    elif 'uart' in config:
+        coredump_base64 = expect_coredump_uart_write_logs(dut)
+        core_elf_file = dut.process_coredump_uart(coredump_base64)
+    assert core_elf_file is not None
 
-    core_elf_file = dut.process_coredump_flash()
     dut.start_gdb_for_coredump(core_elf_file)
 
     assert dut.gdb_data_eval_expr('g_data_var') == '43'
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/sdkconfig.ci.coredump_uart_capture_dram b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/sdkconfig.ci.coredump_uart_capture_dram
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75c1052813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/sdkconfig.ci.coredump_uart_capture_dram
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_UART=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_DATA_FORMAT_ELF=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_CHECKSUM_SHA256=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_CAPTURE_DRAM=y
+CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL_INFO=y
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/test_panic_util/panic_dut.py b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/test_panic_util/panic_dut.py
index d9bedb64a3..0e03d201ae 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/test_panic_util/panic_dut.py
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/test_panic_util/panic_dut.py
@@ -165,17 +165,19 @@ class PanicTestDut(IdfDut):
 
     def process_coredump_uart(
         self, coredump_base64: Any, expected: Optional[List[Union[str, re.Pattern]]] = None,
-    ) -> None:
+    ) -> Any:
         with open(os.path.join(self.logdir, 'coredump_data.b64'), 'w') as coredump_file:
             logging.info('Writing UART base64 core dump to %s', coredump_file.name)
             coredump_file.write(coredump_base64)
 
         output_file_name = os.path.join(self.logdir, 'coredump_uart_result.txt')
+        coredump_elf_file = os.path.join(self.logdir, 'coredump_data.elf')
         self._call_espcoredump(
-            ['--core-format', 'b64', '--core', coredump_file.name], output_file_name
+            ['--core-format', 'b64', '--core', coredump_file.name, '--save-core', coredump_elf_file], output_file_name
         )
         if expected:
             self.expect_coredump(output_file_name, expected)
+        return coredump_elf_file
 
     def process_coredump_flash(self, expected: Optional[List[Union[str, re.Pattern]]] = None) -> Any:
         coredump_file_name = os.path.join(self.logdir, 'coredump_data.bin')