diff --git a/tests/test_build_components/build_components_base.esp32-s3-idf.yaml b/tests/test_build_components/build_components_base.esp32-s3-idf.yaml
index ee209000e9..f3122f977e 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_components/build_components_base.esp32-s3-idf.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_build_components/build_components_base.esp32-s3-idf.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ esp32:
   variant: ESP32S3
   framework:
     type: esp-idf
+  # Use custom partition table with larger app partition (3MB)
+  # Default IDF partitions only allow 1.75MB which is too small for grouped tests
+  partitions: ../partitions_testing.csv
 
 logger:
   level: VERY_VERBOSE