diff --git a/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml
index d49ac0e0587..d329cfe5441 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modem__build-host-tests.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'modem') || github.event_name == 'push'
     uses: "./.github/workflows/run-host-tests.yml"
     with:
-        idf_version: "release-v4.3"
+        idf_version: "latest"
         app_name: "host_modem_test"
         app_path: "esp-protocols/components/esp_modem/test/host_test"
         component_path: "esp-protocols/components/esp_modem"
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c603a21e55..adebbfab8a5 100644
--- a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 
 set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS    # Add esp_modem component and linux port components
         ../..
-        ../../port/linux)
+        ../../port/linux
+        "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/")
 
-set(COMPONENTS main)
+set(COMPONENTS esp_modem main)
 project(host_modem_test)
 
 idf_component_get_property(esp_modem esp_modem COMPONENT_LIB)
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/env.sh b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/env.sh
index 116e13be761..5b39af9228b 100755
--- a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/env.sh
+++ b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/env.sh
@@ -3,19 +3,14 @@
 idf_version=$1
 component=$2
 
-if [[ "$idf_version" == "release-v4.3" ]] && [[ "$component" == "esp_modem" ]]; then
-  lwip=lwip-2.1.2
-  lwip_uri=http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/lwip
-  lwip_contrib=contrib-2.1.0
+lwip=lwip-2.1.2
+lwip_uri=http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/lwip
+lwip_contrib=contrib-2.1.0
 
-  wget --no-verbose ${lwip_uri}/${lwip}.zip
-  unzip -oq ${lwip}.zip
-  wget --no-verbose ${lwip_uri}/${lwip_contrib}.zip
-  unzip -oq ${lwip_contrib}.zip
+wget --no-verbose ${lwip_uri}/${lwip}.zip
+unzip -oq ${lwip}.zip
+wget --no-verbose ${lwip_uri}/${lwip_contrib}.zip
+unzip -oq ${lwip_contrib}.zip
 
-  apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc-8 g++-8
-  update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 800 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8
-  rm /usr/bin/gcov && ln -s /usr/bin/gcov-8 /usr/bin/gcov
-  export LWIP_PATH=`pwd`/$lwip
-  export LWIP_CONTRIB_PATH=`pwd`/$lwip_contrib
-fi
+export LWIP_PATH=`pwd`/$lwip
+export LWIP_CONTRIB_PATH=`pwd`/$lwip_contrib
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b6d4ab57fe..a1ee4557aac 100644
--- a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "test_modem.cpp" "LoopbackTerm.cpp"
-                       INCLUDE_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/catch"
-                       REQUIRES esp_modem)
+                       REQUIRES esp_modem WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
 
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB}  PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 
+target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE Catch2WithMain)
+
 set_target_properties(${COMPONENT_LIB} PROPERTIES
     CXX_STANDARD 17
     CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..610cd154988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dependencies:
+  espressif/catch2: "^3.4.0"
+  idf:
+    version: ">=5.0"
diff --git a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp
index 1a27cc59fb2..3ffd2e6b90a 100644
--- a/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp
+++ b/components/esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 #define CATCH_CONFIG_MAIN // This tells the catch header to generate a main
 #include <memory>
 #include <future>
-#include "catch.hpp"
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
 #include "cxx_include/esp_modem_api.hpp"
 #include "LoopbackTerm.h"
+#include <iostream>
 
 using namespace esp_modem;