diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.cpp
index 5116fd7e7c..5bff06e7ad 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #if defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
 #include <esp_ota_ops.h>
+#include <esp_task_wdt.h>
 #endif
 
 namespace esphome {
@@ -35,7 +36,37 @@ class IDFWebServerOTABackend {
       return false;
     }
 
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_TIMEOUT_S < 15
+    // The following function takes longer than the default timeout of WDT due to flash erase
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR >= 5
+    esp_task_wdt_config_t wdtc;
+    wdtc.idle_core_mask = 0;
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_CHECK_IDLE_TASK_CPU0
+    wdtc.idle_core_mask |= (1 << 0);
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_CHECK_IDLE_TASK_CPU1
+    wdtc.idle_core_mask |= (1 << 1);
+#endif
+    wdtc.timeout_ms = 15000;
+    wdtc.trigger_panic = false;
+    esp_task_wdt_reconfigure(&wdtc);
+#else
+    esp_task_wdt_init(15, false);
+#endif
+#endif
+
     esp_err_t err = esp_ota_begin(this->partition_, 0, &this->update_handle_);
+
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_TIMEOUT_S < 15
+    // Set the WDT back to the configured timeout
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR >= 5
+    wdtc.timeout_ms = CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_TIMEOUT_S * 1000;
+    esp_task_wdt_reconfigure(&wdtc);
+#else
+    esp_task_wdt_init(CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_TIMEOUT_S, false);
+#endif
+#endif
+
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
       esp_ota_abort(this->update_handle_);
       this->update_handle_ = 0;