diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 438c5231ff..e18d7a1df1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ variables:
   TEST_ENV_CONFIG_REPO: "https://gitlab-ci-token:${BOT_TOKEN}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}:${CI_SERVER_PORT}/qa/ci-test-runner-configs.git"
   CI_AUTO_TEST_SCRIPT_REPO_URL: "https://gitlab-ci-token:${BOT_TOKEN}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}:${CI_SERVER_PORT}/qa/auto_test_script.git"
   CI_AUTO_TEST_SCRIPT_REPO_BRANCH: "ci/v4.1"
-  PYTEST_EMBEDDED_VERSION: "0.7.0"
+  PYTEST_EMBEDDED_VERSION: "0.7.1"
 
   # cache python dependencies
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/espcoredump.py b/components/espcoredump/espcoredump.py
index 0e3a412332..9de5ba7848 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/espcoredump.py
+++ b/components/espcoredump/espcoredump.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ def get_prefix_map_gdbinit_path(prog_path):  # type: (str) -> Any
     build_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(prog_path))
     desc_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(build_dir, 'project_description.json'))
     if not os.path.isfile(desc_path):
-        raise ValueError(f'{desc_path} does not exist. Please build the app with "idf.py build"')
+        logging.warning('%s does not exist. Please build the app with "idf.py build"', desc_path)
+        return ''
 
     with open(desc_path, 'r') as f:
         project_desc = json.load(f)
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 6746558996..6944f4c04c 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ addopts =
   -s
   --embedded-services esp,idf
   --tb short
+  --skip-check-coredump y
 
 # ignore DeprecationWarning
 filterwarnings =
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
index a1813abdda..f53a59a1f1 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/pytest_panic.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def common_test(dut: PanicTestDut, config: str, expected_backtrace: Optional[Lis
 def test_task_wdt(dut: PanicTestDut, config: str, test_func_name: str) -> None:
     dut.expect_test_func_name(test_func_name)
     dut.expect_exact(
-        'Task watchdog got triggered. The following tasks did not reset the watchdog in time:'
+        'Task watchdog got triggered. The following tasks/users did not reset the watchdog in time:'
     )
     dut.expect_exact('CPU 0: main')
     dut.expect(r'abort\(\) was called at PC [0-9xa-f]+ on core 0')