diff --git a/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults b/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults
index b94fe2d026695..9027170b1c7e3 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_APP_RETRIEVE_LEN_ELF_SHA=16
 CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHMODE_QIO=y
 CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHFREQ_80M=y
 CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHSIZE_4MB=y
+CONFIG_ESP_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_MHZ_240=y
 CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
 CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="../partitions.csv"
 CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_PERF=y
diff --git a/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32s3/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults b/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32s3/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults
index 22da63b62b92a..c346336842fc5 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32s3/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32s3/esp-idf/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CONFIG_ESP32S3_UNIVERSAL_MAC_ADDRESSES_TWO=y
 CONFIG_ESP_SLEEP_FLASH_LEAKAGE_WORKAROUND=n
 CONFIG_ESP_SLEEP_GPIO_RESET_WORKAROUND=n
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_INSTRUCTION_CACHE_32KB=y
+CONFIG_ESP_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_MHZ_240=y
 CONFIG_ESP_INT_WDT=n
 CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_INIT=n
 CONFIG_ESP_IPC_TASK_STACK_SIZE=1536