diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
index b43383cafa..f0c611bcd4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Trigger CI memory impact (uses updated ESPAsyncWebServer from web_server_base)
 #include "web_server.h"
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER
 #include "esphome/components/json/json_util.h"