diff --git a/esphome/components/beken_spi_led_strip/led_strip.cpp b/esphome/components/beken_spi_led_strip/led_strip.cpp
index d4585d7d36..17b2dd1808 100644
--- a/esphome/components/beken_spi_led_strip/led_strip.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/beken_spi_led_strip/led_strip.cpp
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 #include "rtos_pub.h"
-#include "spi.h"
+// rtos_pub.h must be included before the rest of the includes
+
 #include "arm_arch.h"
 #include "general_dma_pub.h"
 #include "gpio_pub.h"
 #include "icu_pub.h"
+#include "spi.h"
 #undef SPI_DAT
 #undef SPI_BASE
 };
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ void BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput::setup() {
   size_t buffer_size = this->get_buffer_size_();
   size_t dma_buffer_size = (buffer_size * 8) + (2 * 64);
 
-  ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   this->buf_ = allocator.allocate(buffer_size);
   if (this->buf_ == nullptr) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Cannot allocate LED buffer!");
diff --git a/esphome/components/m5stack_8angle/light/m5stack_8angle_light.cpp b/esphome/components/m5stack_8angle/light/m5stack_8angle_light.cpp
index 95fd8cb98f..0e7b902919 100644
--- a/esphome/components/m5stack_8angle/light/m5stack_8angle_light.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/m5stack_8angle/light/m5stack_8angle_light.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace m5stack_8angle {
 static const char *const TAG = "m5stack_8angle.light";
 
 void M5Stack8AngleLightOutput::setup() {
-  ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   this->buf_ = allocator.allocate(M5STACK_8ANGLE_NUM_LEDS * M5STACK_8ANGLE_BYTES_PER_LED);
   if (this->buf_ == nullptr) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate buffer of size %u", M5STACK_8ANGLE_NUM_LEDS * M5STACK_8ANGLE_BYTES_PER_LED);
diff --git a/esphome/components/rp2040_pio_led_strip/led_strip.cpp b/esphome/components/rp2040_pio_led_strip/led_strip.cpp
index a6ff037d88..42f7e9cf52 100644
--- a/esphome/components/rp2040_pio_led_strip/led_strip.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/rp2040_pio_led_strip/led_strip.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #include <hardware/dma.h>
 #include <hardware/irq.h>
 #include <hardware/pio.h>
-#include <pico/stdlib.h>
 #include <pico/sem.h>
+#include <pico/stdlib.h>
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace rp2040_pio_led_strip {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void RP2040PIOLEDStripLightOutput::setup() {
 
   size_t buffer_size = this->get_buffer_size_();
 
-  ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   this->buf_ = allocator.allocate(buffer_size);
   if (this->buf_ == nullptr) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate buffer of size %u", buffer_size);
diff --git a/esphome/components/spi_led_strip/spi_led_strip.cpp b/esphome/components/spi_led_strip/spi_led_strip.cpp
index 46243c0686..85c10ee87d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/spi_led_strip/spi_led_strip.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/spi_led_strip/spi_led_strip.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace spi_led_strip {
 
 SpiLedStrip::SpiLedStrip(uint16_t num_leds) {
   this->num_leds_ = num_leds;
-  ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   this->buffer_size_ = num_leds * 4 + 8;
   this->buf_ = allocator.allocate(this->buffer_size_);
   if (this->buf_ == nullptr) {