diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
index a67b04eadc..95515f731a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ template<typename... Ts> class HttpRequestSendAction : public Action<Ts...> {
 
     std::string response_body;
     if (this->capture_response_.value(x...)) {
-      ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+      RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
       uint8_t *buf = allocator.allocate(max_length);
       if (buf != nullptr) {
         size_t read_index = 0;
diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
index d683495ac6..828fb5bd8b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }
 
-  ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   uint8_t *data = allocator.allocate(container->content_length);
   if (data == nullptr) {
     std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to allocate %d bytes for manifest", container->content_length);