diff --git a/components/coap/CMakeLists.txt b/components/coap/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c3fcd783..45788001c 100644
--- a/components/coap/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/coap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ register_component()
 # TODO: find a way to move this to a port header
 target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_TARGET} PUBLIC WITH_POSIX)
 
+# Silence format truncation warning, until it is fixed upstream
+set_source_files_properties(libcoap/src/coap_debug.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -Wno-format-truncation)
diff --git a/components/coap/component.mk b/components/coap/component.mk
index b5a50afeb..2eb07afd2 100644
--- a/components/coap/component.mk
+++ b/components/coap/component.mk
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := libcoap/src libcoap port
 
 COMPONENT_SUBMODULES += libcoap
 
+# Silence format truncation warning, until it is fixed upstream
+libcoap/src/coap_debug.o: CFLAGS += -Wno-format-truncation