diff --git a/esphome/components/a02yyuw/a02yyuw.cpp b/esphome/components/a02yyuw/a02yyuw.cpp
index ee378c3283..a2aad0cef1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/a02yyuw/a02yyuw.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/a02yyuw/a02yyuw.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ void A02yyuwComponent::check_buffer_() {
       ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Distance from sensor: %f mm", distance);
       this->publish_state(distance);
     } else {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Invalid data read from sensor: %s", format_hex_pretty(this->buffer_).c_str());
+      char hex_buf[format_hex_pretty_size(4)];
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Invalid data read from sensor: %s",
+               format_hex_pretty_to(hex_buf, this->buffer_.data(), this->buffer_.size()));
     }
   } else {
     ESP_LOGW(TAG, "checksum failed: %02x != %02x", checksum, this->buffer_[3]);