diff --git a/tests/components/sha256/common.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/common.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa884c1958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/sha256/common.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+esphome:
+  on_boot:
+    - lambda: |-
+        // Test SHA256 functionality
+        #ifdef USE_SHA256
+        using esphome::sha256::SHA256;
+        SHA256 hasher;
+        hasher.init();
+
+        // Test with "Hello World" - known SHA256
+        const char* test_string = "Hello World";
+        hasher.add(test_string, strlen(test_string));
+        hasher.calculate();
+
+        char hex_output[65];
+        hasher.get_hex(hex_output);
+        hex_output[64] = '\0';
+
+        ESP_LOGD("SHA256", "SHA256('Hello World') = %s", hex_output);
+
+        // Expected: a591a6d40bf420404a011733cfb7b190d62c65bf0bcda32b57b277d9ad9f146e
+        const char* expected = "a591a6d40bf420404a011733cfb7b190d62c65bf0bcda32b57b277d9ad9f146e";
+        if (strcmp(hex_output, expected) == 0) {
+          ESP_LOGI("SHA256", "Test PASSED");
+        } else {
+          ESP_LOGE("SHA256", "Test FAILED. Expected %s", expected);
+        }
+        #else
+        ESP_LOGW("SHA256", "SHA256 not available on this platform");
+        #endif
+
+sha256:
diff --git a/tests/components/sha512/test.esp32-idf.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/test.bk72xx-ard.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/components/sha512/test.esp32-idf.yaml
rename to tests/components/sha256/test.bk72xx-ard.yaml
diff --git a/tests/components/sha512/test.esp8266-ard.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/test.esp32-ard.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/components/sha512/test.esp8266-ard.yaml
rename to tests/components/sha256/test.esp32-ard.yaml
diff --git a/tests/components/sha512/test.host.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/test.esp32-idf.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/components/sha512/test.host.yaml
rename to tests/components/sha256/test.esp32-idf.yaml
diff --git a/tests/components/sha512/test.rp2040-ard.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/test.esp8266-ard.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/components/sha512/test.rp2040-ard.yaml
rename to tests/components/sha256/test.esp8266-ard.yaml
diff --git a/tests/components/sha256/test.host.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/test.host.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f50d9ea38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/sha256/test.host.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Host platform doesn't support OTA, so we can't test SHA256 indirectly
+# The SHA256 component is tested via unit tests instead
+esphome:
+  on_boot:
+    - lambda: |-
+        ESP_LOGI("SHA256", "SHA256 component available on host for library use");
diff --git a/tests/components/sha256/test.rp2040-ard.yaml b/tests/components/sha256/test.rp2040-ard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dade44d145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/sha256/test.rp2040-ard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<<: !include common.yaml
diff --git a/tests/components/sha512/common.yaml b/tests/components/sha512/common.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f254dbfc4..0000000000
--- a/tests/components/sha512/common.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sha256:
diff --git a/tests/components/sha512/test.bk72xx-ard.yaml b/tests/components/sha512/test.bk72xx-ard.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 25cb37a0b4..0000000000
--- a/tests/components/sha512/test.bk72xx-ard.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-packages:
-  common: !include common.yaml