diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index f3e2f7fac3..9e81af1747 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f3e2f7fac3b27671f45ef368b49264d1477efbd9
+Subproject commit 9e81af17476302dbf053242a9a0a9b81a3cd2949
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_connect/main/app_main.c b/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_connect/main/app_main.c
index 3a9f08483e..8806a82ce5 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_connect/main/app_main.c
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_connect/main/app_main.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
 
 // Some resources are lazy allocated in wifi and lwip
-#define TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD (-4096)
+#define TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD (-1536)
 
 static size_t before_free_8bit;
 static size_t before_free_32bit;
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_function/main/app_main.c b/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_function/main/app_main.c
index ff184b1537..f99864da55 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_function/main/app_main.c
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/test_apps/wifi_function/main/app_main.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
 
 // Some resources are lazy allocated in wifi or event handler
-#define TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD (-4096)
+#define TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD (-1536)
 
 static size_t before_free_8bit;
 static size_t before_free_32bit;