diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt
index 4dbe3b16882..53f7bc05457 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "../..")
 # This example uses an extra component for common functions such as Wi-Fi and Ethernet connection.
 list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "../../../../common_components/protocol_examples_common")
 
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml
index d353156d6e8..dbbe4a314e2 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ dependencies:
   idf: ">=5.0"
   espressif/esp_websocket_client:
     version: "^1.0.0"
+    override_path: "../../../"
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_websocket_client/idf_component.yml
index c7e147701fa..7a35c35f98f 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/idf_component.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version: "1.1.0"
-description: esp websocket client
+description: WebSocket protocol client for ESP-IDF
 url: https://github.com/espressif/esp-protocols/tree/master/components/esp_websocket_client
 dependencies:
   idf: