diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
index 6595a7e4a5..2b0d6461db 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
@@ -1243,7 +1243,11 @@ class Nextion : public NextionBase, public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDe
    * @note Ensure that the HTTP client is initialized and not NULL before calling this function
    * to avoid runtime errors.
    */
-  void close_http_client_(auto &http_client);
+#ifdef ARDUINO
+  void close_http_client_(HttpClient &http_client);
+#else   // ESP-IDF
+  void close_http_client_(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client);
+#endif  // ARDUINO vs ESP-IDF
 
 #endif  // USE_NEXTION_TFT_UPLOAD
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp
index 8ba289a872..ba3aea607a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp
@@ -423,16 +423,20 @@ bool Nextion::upload_tft(uint32_t baud_rate, bool exit_reparse) {
   return upload_end_(true);
 }
 
-void Nextion::close_http_client_(auto &http_client) {
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Close HTTP connection");
 #ifdef ARDUINO
+void Nextion::close_http_client_(HttpClient &http_client) {
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Close HTTP connection");
   http_client.end();
-#else   // ESP-IDF
-  esp_http_client_close(http_client);
-  esp_http_client_cleanup(http_client);
-#endif
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Connection closed");
 }
+#else   // ESP-IDF
+void Nextion::close_http_client_(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client) {
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Close HTTP connection");
+  esp_http_client_close(http_client);
+  esp_http_client_cleanup(http_client);
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Connection closed");
+}
+#endif  // ARDUINO vs ESP-IDF
 
 bool Nextion::upload_end_(bool successful) {
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Nextion TFT upload finished: %s", YESNO(successful));