diff --git a/boards.txt b/boards.txt
index 7c4d2e91431ecb1820be4502fed50c096b57bc56..388dc6175a412075761d713e83955987f6f72246 100644
--- a/boards.txt
+++ b/boards.txt
@@ -7966,7 +7966,7 @@ esp32doit-devkit-v1.menu.DebugLevel.debug.build.code_debug=4
 
 esp32doit-espduino.name=DOIT ESPduino32
 
-esp32doit-espduino.upload.tool=esptool
+esp32doit-espduino.upload.tool=esptool_py
 esp32doit-espduino.upload.maximum_size=1310720
 esp32doit-espduino.upload.maximum_data_size=327680
 esp32doit-espduino.upload.wait_for_upload_port=true