diff --git a/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_client.cpp b/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_client.cpp
index 708a98e13b2..c287cc1679e 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_client.cpp
+++ b/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_client.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Sync {
     }
     esp_err_t wait_for(EventBits_t bits, uint32_t timeout = portMAX_DELAY)
     {
-        return xEventGroupWaitBits(events, bits, pdTRUE, pdTRUE, timeout) == bits ? ESP_OK : ESP_FAIL;
+        return (xEventGroupWaitBits(events, bits, pdTRUE, pdTRUE, timeout) & bits) == bits ? ESP_OK : ESP_FAIL;
     }
     esp_err_t notify(EventBits_t bits)
     {
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class Sync {
     const int request = 1;
     const int resp_header = 2;
     const int resp_payload = 4;
+    const int restart = 8;
 };
 
 class RpcInstance {
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ class RpcInstance {
     template<typename T>
     esp_err_t send(api_id id, T *t)
     {
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(sync.notify(sync.request), TAG, "failed to notify req");
         pending_resp = id;
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(sync.notify(sync.request), TAG, "failed to notify req");
         ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(rpc.send<T>(id, t), TAG, "Failed to send request");
         return ESP_OK;
     }
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ class RpcInstance {
     // overload of the templated method (used for functions with no arguments)
     esp_err_t send(api_id id)
     {
-        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(sync.notify(sync.request), TAG, "failed to notify req");
         pending_resp = id;
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(sync.notify(sync.request), TAG, "failed to notify req");
         ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(rpc.send(id), TAG, "Failed to send request");
         return ESP_OK;
     }
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ class RpcInstance {
     esp_err_t init()
     {
         ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(netif = wifi_remote_eppp_init(EPPP_CLIENT), ESP_FAIL, TAG, "Failed to connect to EPPP server");
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_PPP_GOT_IP, got_ip, this), TAG, "Failed to register event");
         ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(sync.init(), TAG, "Failed to init sync primitives");
         ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(rpc.init(), TAG, "Failed to init RPC engine");
         return xTaskCreate(task, "client", 8192, this, 5, nullptr) == pdTRUE ? ESP_OK : ESP_FAIL;
@@ -176,9 +178,22 @@ class RpcInstance {
     static void task(void *ctx)
     {
         auto instance = static_cast<RpcInstance *>(ctx);
-        while (instance->perform() == ESP_OK) {}
+        do {
+            while (instance->perform() == ESP_OK) {}
+        } while (instance->restart() == ESP_OK);
         vTaskDelete(nullptr);
     }
+    esp_err_t restart()
+    {
+        rpc.deinit();
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_ERROR(sync.wait_for(sync.restart, pdMS_TO_TICKS(10000)), TAG, "Didn't receive EPPP address in time");
+        return rpc.init();
+    }
+    static void got_ip(void *ctx, esp_event_base_t base, int32_t id, void *data)
+    {
+        auto instance = static_cast<RpcInstance *>(ctx);
+        instance->sync.notify(instance->sync.restart);
+    }
     esp_netif_t *netif{nullptr};
 };
 
@@ -204,20 +219,17 @@ RpcInstance *RpcEngine::init_client()
     cfg.clientkey_bytes = sizeof(client::key);
     cfg.common_name = "espressif.local";
 
-    tls_ = esp_tls_init();
-    if (!tls_) {
-        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate esp_tls handle!");
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    if (esp_tls_conn_new_sync(host, strlen(host), rpc_port, &cfg, tls_) <= 0) {
-        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to open a new connection %s", host);
-        goto exit;
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(tls_ = esp_tls_init(), nullptr, TAG, "Failed to create ESP-TLS instance");
+    int retries = 0;
+    while (esp_tls_conn_new_sync(host, strlen(host), rpc_port, &cfg, tls_) <= 0) {
+        esp_tls_conn_destroy(tls_);
+        tls_ = nullptr;
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(retries++ < 3, nullptr, TAG, "Failed to open connection to %s", host);
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Connection to RPC server failed! Will retry in %d second(s)", retries);
+        vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(1000 * retries));
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(tls_ = esp_tls_init(), nullptr, TAG, "Failed to create ESP-TLS instance");
     }
     return &client::instance;
-exit:
-    esp_tls_conn_destroy(tls_);
-    tls_ = nullptr;
-    return nullptr;
 }
 }   // namespace eppp_rpc
 
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_impl.hpp b/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_impl.hpp
index 1f2f441c30c..30a0104db2e 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_impl.hpp
+++ b/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_impl.hpp
@@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ class RpcEngine {
         return instance == nullptr ? ESP_FAIL : ESP_OK;
     }
 
+    void deinit()
+    {
+        if (tls_ == nullptr) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (role_ == role::CLIENT) {
+            esp_tls_conn_destroy(tls_);
+        } else if (role_ == role::SERVER) {
+            esp_tls_server_session_delete(tls_);
+        }
+        tls_ = nullptr;
+    }
+
     template<typename T>
     esp_err_t send(api_id id, T *t)
     {
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_server.cpp b/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_server.cpp
index 03ce52080c4..0a8645d9525 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/components/esp_wifi_remote/eppp/wifi_remote_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class RpcInstance {
     {
         auto instance = static_cast<RpcInstance *>(ctx);
         while (instance->perform() == ESP_OK) {}
-        vTaskDelete(nullptr);
+        esp_restart();
     }
     esp_err_t start_server()
     {
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi_remote/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_wifi_remote/idf_component.yml
index 9acde64a710..826097bc890 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi_remote/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/esp_wifi_remote/idf_component.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ dependencies:
   espressif/eppp_link:
     version: '0.0.1'
   idf:
-    version: '5.3'
+    version: '>=5.3'
 #  espressif/esp_hosted:
 #    version: '*'
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi_remote/test/smoke_test/main/idf_component.yml b/components/esp_wifi_remote/test/smoke_test/main/idf_component.yml
index ecffade5699..cb6183a90c0 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi_remote/test/smoke_test/main/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/esp_wifi_remote/test/smoke_test/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 dependencies:
   ## Required IDF version
   idf:
-    version: "5.3"
+    version: '>=5.3'
   espressif/esp_wifi_remote:
     version: "*"
     override_path: ../../..