diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
index 838d40b9417..29c57e5f656 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/include/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ typedef struct {
                                                             Please note that the 'channel' parameter above needs to be set to 0 to allow scanning by bitmap.
                                                             Also, note that only allowed channels configured by wifi_country_t can be scanned. */
     bool coex_background_scan;                         /**< Enable it to scan return home channel under coexist */
+    uint8_t max_scan_ap_num;                           /**< Max AP records to keep during the scan, sorted by RSSI. 0 means no limit. */
 } wifi_scan_config_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index 778c894d934..029850a040a 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 778c894d9349c6fa852d1e6f2753a4d608c07e7d
+Subproject commit 029850a040a2e47c5ba7fae2e7fc4ae6c9438a0a
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/remote/include/injected/esp_wifi_types_generic.h b/components/esp_wifi/remote/include/injected/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
index ea1362f9d03..179846605ee 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/remote/include/injected/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/remote/include/injected/esp_wifi_types_generic.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ typedef struct {
                                                             Please note that the 'channel' parameter above needs to be set to 0 to allow scanning by bitmap.
                                                             Also, note that only allowed channels configured by wifi_country_t can be scanned. */
     bool coex_background_scan;                         /**< Enable it to scan return home channel under coexist */
+    uint8_t max_scan_ap_num;                           /**< Max AP records to keep during the scan, sorted by RSSI. 0 means no limit. */
 } wifi_scan_config_t;
 
 /**