diff --git a/components/openthread/Kconfig b/components/openthread/Kconfig
index 9217d55c39..f34a3a0228 100644
--- a/components/openthread/Kconfig
+++ b/components/openthread/Kconfig
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ menu "OpenThread"
 
         menu "Thread Memory Allocation"
             depends on (SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC || SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC)
-            config OPENTHREAD_MEM_ALLOC_EXTERNAL
+            config OPENTHREAD_PLATFORM_MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM
                 bool 'Allocate memory from PSRAM'
                 default y
                 help
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.spiram b/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.spiram
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b071ddb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.spiram
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32s3"
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3=y
+CONFIG_SPIRAM=y
+CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_PLATFORM_MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM=y
+CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_PLATFORM_MSGPOOL_MANAGEMENT=y