diff --git a/idf_component.yml b/idf_component.yml
index 7d0c5fa5b159e235f1d45f6e2ab99ad37e6421ea..28e2ea55e2cdcc529e5bb2351035b95c368d00b3 100644
--- a/idf_component.yml
+++ b/idf_component.yml
@@ -17,21 +17,26 @@ dependencies:
   mbedtls:
     require: private
   dcaf_upstream:
-    git: "https://gitlab.informatik.uni-bremen.de/DCAF/dcaf.git"
+    path: dcaf
 
 files:
-   exclude:
-      - "*~"            # Exclude all editor backup files
-      - "\#*\#"         # Exclude all editor backup files
-      - "TAGS"          # Exclude `.list` files in all directories
-      - "**/tests"
-      - "**/examples"
-   include:
-      - "README.md"
-      - "AUTHORS"
-      - "LICENSE"
-      - "Kconfig"
-      - "port/**/*"
-      - "include/**/*"
-      - "dcaf/**/*"
-      
+  exclude:
+    - "*~"
+    - '\#*#'
+    - "TAGS"
+    - "**/tests"
+    - "**/examples"
+    - "dcaf/**/*"
+  include:
+    - "README.md"
+    - "AUTHORS"
+    - "LICENSE"
+    - "Kconfig"
+    - "port/**/*"
+    - "include/**/*"
+    - "dcaf/README.md"
+    - "dcaf/LICENSE"
+    - "dcaf/doc/Doxyfile"
+    - "dcaf/doc/Makefile.am"
+    - "dcaf/include/**/*.h"
+    - "dcaf/src/**/*.c"