diff --git a/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/ac_dimmer.cpp b/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/ac_dimmer.cpp
index 9f979e5e11..fb4a0a4ec2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/ac_dimmer.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/ac_dimmer.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP32_FRAMEWORK_ESP_IDF
+#include "esp_idf_version.h"
 #include "hw_timer_esp_idf.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -195,7 +196,8 @@ void AcDimmer::setup() {
   // PWM and AcDimmer can even run at the same time this way
   setTimer1Callback(&timer_interrupt);
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_ESP32
+
+#if USE_ESP32 && (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
   // 80 Divider -> 1 count=1µs
   dimmer_timer = timerBegin(0, 80, true);
   timerAttachInterrupt(dimmer_timer, &AcDimmerDataStore::s_timer_intr, true);
@@ -205,6 +207,16 @@ void AcDimmer::setup() {
   timerAlarmWrite(dimmer_timer, 50, true);
   timerAlarmEnable(dimmer_timer);
 #endif
+#if USE_ESP32 && (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 5)
+  // 1 MHz -> 1 count=1µs
+  dimmer_timer = timerBegin(1000000);
+  timerAttachInterrupt(dimmer_timer, &AcDimmerDataStore::s_timer_intr);
+  // For ESP32, we can't use dynamic interval calculation because the timerX functions
+  // are not callable from ISR (placed in flash storage).
+  // Here we just use an interrupt firing every 50 µs.
+  timerAlarm(dimmer_timer, 50, true, 0);
+  timerStart(dimmer_timer);
+#endif
 }
 
 void AcDimmer::write_state(float state) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.cpp
index 495fb43fd6..113f8bc72d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,18 @@
 
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
+
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
 #include "esp32/clk.h"
+#endif
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 5)
+#include "driver/gptimer.h"
+#if defined __has_include && __has_include("clk_tree.h")
+#include "clk_tree.h"
+#else
+#include "esp_clk_tree.h"
+#endif
+#endif
 
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
@@ -13,6 +24,8 @@ static const char *const TAG = "hw_timer_esp_idf";
 namespace esphome {
 namespace ac_dimmer {
 
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
+
 #define NUM_OF_TIMERS SOC_TIMER_GROUP_TOTAL_TIMERS
 
 typedef union {
@@ -195,8 +208,125 @@ uint32_t timerGetConfig(hw_timer_t *timer) {
 
   return cfg.val;
 }
+#endif  // (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
+
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 5)
+
+interrupt_config_t *timer_intr_config = NULL;
+
+hw_timer_t *timerBegin(uint32_t frequency) {
+  esp_err_t err = ESP_OK;
+  uint32_t counter_src_hz = 0;
+  uint32_t divider = 0;
+
+  // soc_periph_gptimer_clk_src_t clk;
+  int clk;
+
+  // soc_periph_gptimer_clk_src_t gptimer_clks[] = SOC_GPTIMER_CLKS;
+  int gptimer_clks[] = SOC_GPTIMER_CLKS;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(gptimer_clks) / sizeof(gptimer_clks[0]); i++) {
+    clk = gptimer_clks[i];
+#if defined __has_include && __has_include("clk_tree.h")
+    clk_tree_src_get_freq_hz((soc_module_clk_t) clk, CLK_TREE_SRC_FREQ_PRECISION_CACHED, &counter_src_hz);
+#else
+    esp_clk_tree_src_get_freq_hz((soc_module_clk_t) clk, ESP_CLK_TREE_SRC_FREQ_PRECISION_CACHED, &counter_src_hz);
+#endif
+    divider = counter_src_hz / frequency;
+    if ((divider >= 2) && (divider <= 65536)) {
+      break;
+    } else {
+      divider = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (divider == 0) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Resolution cannot be reached with any clock source, aborting!");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  gptimer_config_t config = {
+      .clk_src = (gptimer_clock_source_t) clk,
+      .direction = GPTIMER_COUNT_UP,
+      .resolution_hz = frequency,
+      .intr_priority = 0,
+      .flags = {.intr_shared = true},
+  };
+
+  hw_timer_t *timer = (hw_timer_t *) malloc(sizeof(hw_timer_t));
+
+  err = gptimer_new_timer(&config, &timer->timer_handle);
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to create a new GPTimer, error num=%d", err);
+    free(timer);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  gptimer_enable(timer->timer_handle);
+  gptimer_start(timer->timer_handle);
+  timer->timer_started = true;
+  return timer;
+}
+
+bool IRAM_ATTR timerFnWrapper(gptimer_handle_t timer, const gptimer_alarm_event_data_t *edata, void *args) {
+  interrupt_config_t *isr = (interrupt_config_t *) args;
+  if (isr->fn) {
+    if (isr->arg) {
+      ((voidFuncPtrArg) isr->fn)(isr->arg);
+    } else {
+      isr->fn();
+    }
+  }
+  // some additional logic or handling may be required here to appropriately yield or not
+  return false;
+}
+
+void timerAttachInterruptFunctionalArg(hw_timer_t *timer, void (*userFunc)(void *), void *arg) {
+  esp_err_t err = ESP_OK;
+  gptimer_event_callbacks_t cbs = {
+      .on_alarm = timerFnWrapper,
+  };
+
+  timer->interrupt_handle.fn = (voidFuncPtr) userFunc;
+  timer->interrupt_handle.arg = arg;
+
+  if (timer->timer_started == true) {
+    gptimer_stop(timer->timer_handle);
+  }
+  gptimer_disable(timer->timer_handle);
+  err = gptimer_register_event_callbacks(timer->timer_handle, &cbs, &timer->interrupt_handle);
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Timer Attach Interrupt failed, error num=%d", err);
+  }
+  gptimer_enable(timer->timer_handle);
+  if (timer->timer_started == true) {
+    gptimer_start(timer->timer_handle);
+  }
+}
+
+void timerAttachInterrupt(hw_timer_t *timer, voidFuncPtr userFunc) {
+  timerAttachInterruptFunctionalArg(timer, (voidFuncPtrArg) userFunc, NULL);
+}
+
+void timerAlarm(hw_timer_t *timer, uint64_t alarm_value, bool autoreload, uint64_t reload_count) {
+  esp_err_t err = ESP_OK;
+  gptimer_alarm_config_t alarm_cfg = {
+      .alarm_count = alarm_value,
+      .reload_count = reload_count,
+      .flags = {.auto_reload_on_alarm = autoreload},
+  };
+  err = gptimer_set_alarm_action(timer->timer_handle, &alarm_cfg);
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Timer Alarm Write failed, error num=%d", err);
+  }
+}
+
+void timerStart(hw_timer_t *timer) {
+  gptimer_start(timer->timer_handle);
+  timer->timer_started = true;
+}
+
+#endif  // (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 5)
 
 }  // namespace ac_dimmer
 }  // namespace esphome
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.h b/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.h
index f48afdb23b..7eceeb02c3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ac_dimmer/hw_timer_esp_idf.h
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 #pragma once
 #ifdef USE_ESP32_FRAMEWORK_ESP_IDF
+
+#include "esp_idf_version.h"
+
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
 #include "driver/timer.h"
+#endif
+
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 5)
+#include "driver/gptimer_types.h"
+#endif
+
 namespace esphome {
 namespace ac_dimmer {
 
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
 typedef struct hw_timer_s {
   timer_group_t group;
   timer_idx_t num;
@@ -21,8 +32,32 @@ void timerStop(hw_timer_t *timer);
 uint32_t timerGetConfig(hw_timer_t *timer);
 uint16_t timerGetDivider(hw_timer_t *timer);
 void timerSetDivider(hw_timer_t *timer, uint16_t divider);
+#endif
 
+#if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR == 5)
+
+typedef void (*voidFuncPtr)(void);
+typedef void (*voidFuncPtrArg)(void *);
+
+struct interrupt_config_t {
+  voidFuncPtr fn;
+  void *arg;
+};
+
+struct hw_timer_t {
+  gptimer_handle_t timer_handle;
+  interrupt_config_t interrupt_handle;
+  bool timer_started;
+};
+
+hw_timer_t *timerBegin(uint32_t frequency);
+
+void timerAttachInterrupt(hw_timer_t *timer, void (*userFunc)(void));
+void timerAlarm(hw_timer_t *timer, uint64_t alarm_value, bool autoreload, uint64_t reload_count);
+void timerStart(hw_timer_t *timer);
+
+#endif
 }  // namespace ac_dimmer
 }  // namespace esphome
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif