diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
index 2b0d6461db..17a17715f1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
@@ -1237,14 +1237,14 @@ class Nextion : public NextionBase, public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDe
    *
    * @param http_client A reference to the HTTP client object. The exact type of this object
    * depends on the platform:
-   * - Arduino: HttpClient type from the ArduinoHttpClient library.
+   * - Arduino: HTTPClient type from the ArduinoHttpClient library.
    * - ESP-IDF: esp_http_client_handle_t from the ESP HTTP Client library.
    *
    * @note Ensure that the HTTP client is initialized and not NULL before calling this function
    * to avoid runtime errors.
    */
 #ifdef ARDUINO
-  void close_http_client_(HttpClient &http_client);
+  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
diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp
index ba3aea607a..40b8aea231 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload.cpp
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ bool Nextion::upload_tft(uint32_t baud_rate, bool exit_reparse) {
   }
 
 #ifdef ARDUINO
-  std::string content_range_string = http_client.header("Content-Range");
+  String content_range_string = http_client.header("Content-Range");
   content_range_string.remove(0, 12);
   this->tft_size_ = content_range_string.toInt();
 #else   // ESP-IDF
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ bool Nextion::upload_tft(uint32_t baud_rate, bool exit_reparse) {
 }
 
 #ifdef ARDUINO
-void Nextion::close_http_client_(HttpClient &http_client) {
+void Nextion::close_http_client_(HTTPClient &http_client) {
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Close HTTP connection");
   http_client.end();
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Connection closed");