diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
index 3d93a20510..faa080b13c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ test_pytest_qemu:
       - "**/build*/*.bin"
     reports:
       junit: XUNIT_RESULT.xml
-  allow_failure: true # IDFCI-1752
   parallel:
     matrix:
       - IDF_TARGET: [esp32, esp32c3]
diff --git a/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py b/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py
index 22dd4e7ea0..9057e2ff9f 100644
--- a/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py
+++ b/components/esp_event/test_apps/pytest_esp_event.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
 import pytest
 from pytest_embedded import Dut
 
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ def test_esp_event(dut: Dut) -> None:
 @pytest.mark.esp32c3
 @pytest.mark.host_test
 @pytest.mark.qemu
+@pytest.mark.xfail('config.getvalue("target") == "esp32c3"', reason='Unstable on QEMU, needs investigation')
 def test_esp_event_qemu(dut: Dut) -> None:
     for case in dut.test_menu:
         if 'qemu-ignore' not in case.groups and not case.is_ignored and case.type == 'normal':