diff --git a/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h b/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h
index 79a92d59e4..b571a6a8fa 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h
+++ b/components/espcoredump/include_core_dump/esp_core_dump_types.h
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ extern "C" {
                                                 (((_maj_)&0xFF) << 8) | \
                                                 (((_min_)&0xFF) << 0) \
                                             )
-#define COREDUMP_VERSION_BIN                0
-#define COREDUMP_VERSION_ELF                1
+#define COREDUMP_VERSION_BIN                1
+#define COREDUMP_VERSION_ELF                2
 
 /* legacy bin coredumps (before IDF v4.1) has version set to 1 */
 #define COREDUMP_VERSION_BIN_LEGACY         COREDUMP_VERSION_MAKE(COREDUMP_VERSION_BIN, 1) // -> 0x0001
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ typedef struct _core_dump_header_t {
     uint32_t tcb_sz;    /*!< Size of a TCB, in bytes */
     uint32_t mem_segs_num; /*!< Number of memory segments */
     uint32_t chip_rev; /*!< Chip revision */
+    uint64_t boot_time; /*!< Boot time, in microseconds */
+    uint64_t unix_time; /*!< Unix time, in microseconds */
 } core_dump_header_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_binary.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_binary.c
index 68c3a8ae07..e79fbdeade 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_binary.c
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_binary.c
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ static esp_err_t esp_core_dump_write_binary(void)
     hdr.version   = COREDUMP_VERSION_BIN_CURRENT;
     hdr.tcb_sz    = tcb_sz;
     hdr.chip_rev  = efuse_hal_chip_revision();
+    dump_hdr.boot_time = esp_timer_get_time();
+
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    dump_hdr.unix_time = tv.tv_sec * 1000000 + tv.tv_usec;
     err = esp_core_dump_write_data(&write_data, &hdr, sizeof(core_dump_header_t));
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_COREDUMP_LOGE("Failed to write core dump header error=%d!", err);
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_elf.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_elf.c
index 16f03c5ae5..bd545cba41 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_elf.c
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_elf.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_DATA_FORMAT_ELF
 #include <sys/param.h>      // for the MIN macro
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include "esp_app_desc.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -852,6 +853,12 @@ static esp_err_t esp_core_dump_write_elf(void)
     dump_hdr.tcb_sz = 0; // unused in ELF format
     dump_hdr.mem_segs_num = 0; // unused in ELF format
     dump_hdr.chip_rev = efuse_hal_chip_revision();
+    dump_hdr.boot_time = esp_timer_get_time();
+
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    dump_hdr.unix_time = tv.tv_sec * 1000000 + tv.tv_usec;
+
     err = esp_core_dump_write_data(&self.write_data, &dump_hdr, sizeof(core_dump_header_t));
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_COREDUMP_LOGE("Failed to write core dump header (%d)!", err);