diff --git a/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/__init__.py b/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/__init__.py
index de95e4961b9..5ab1e4bb805 100644
--- a/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/__init__.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ async def to_code(config):
 
     esp32.add_idf_component(name="espressif/esp-tflite-micro", ref="1.3.3~1")
     # Pin esp-nn for stable future builds (esp-tflite-micro depends on esp-nn)
-    esp32.add_idf_component(name="espressif/esp-nn", ref="1.2.1")
+    esp32.add_idf_component(name="espressif/esp-nn", ref="1.1.2")
 
     cg.add_build_flag("-DTF_LITE_STATIC_MEMORY")
     cg.add_build_flag("-DTF_LITE_DISABLE_X86_NEON")