diff --git a/esphome/components/vbus/vbus.cpp b/esphome/components/vbus/vbus.cpp
index e474dcfe17..b9496a08de 100644
--- a/esphome/components/vbus/vbus.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/vbus/vbus.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace vbus {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "vbus";
 
+// Maximum bytes to log in verbose hex output (16 frames * 4 bytes = 64 bytes typical)
+static constexpr size_t VBUS_MAX_LOG_BYTES = 64;
+
 void VBus::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "VBus:");
   check_uart_settings(9600);
@@ -101,8 +104,11 @@ void VBus::loop() {
         this->buffer_.push_back(this->fbytes_[i]);
       if (++this->cframe_ < this->frames_)
         continue;
+#if ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL >= ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
+      char hex_buf[format_hex_size(VBUS_MAX_LOG_BYTES)];
+#endif
       ESP_LOGV(TAG, "P2 C%04x %04x->%04x: %s", this->command_, this->source_, this->dest_,
-               format_hex(this->buffer_).c_str());
+               format_hex_to(hex_buf, this->buffer_.data(), this->buffer_.size()));
       for (auto &listener : this->listeners_)
         listener->on_message(this->command_, this->source_, this->dest_, this->buffer_);
       this->state_ = 0;