diff --git a/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix b/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
index 59b82593abcd..0bbeffd18cf0 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ in {
   meta.maintainers = lib.teams.home-assistant.members;
 
   nodes.hass = { pkgs, ... }: {
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ mosquitto ];
-
     services.postgresql = {
       enable = true;
       ensureDatabases = [ "hass" ];
@@ -108,9 +106,7 @@ in {
     # Cause a configuration change that requires a service restart as we added a new runtime dependency
     specialisation.newFeature = {
       inheritParentConfig = true;
-      configuration.services.home-assistant.config.device_tracker = [
-        { platform = "bluetooth_tracker"; }
-      ];
+      configuration.services.home-assistant.config.esphome = {};
     };
   };
 
@@ -119,6 +115,7 @@ in {
   in
   ''
     import re
+    import json
 
     start_all()
 
@@ -131,7 +128,19 @@ in {
     assert match
     package = match.group('path')
 
+
+    def get_journal_cursor(host) -> str:
+        exit, out = host.execute("journalctl -u home-assistant.service -n1 -o json-pretty --output-fields=__CURSOR")
+        assert exit == 0
+        return json.loads(out)["__CURSOR"]
+
+
+    def wait_for_homeassistant(host, cursor):
+        host.wait_until_succeeds(f"journalctl --after-cursor='{cursor}' -u home-assistant.service | grep -q 'Home Assistant initialized in'")
+
+
     hass.wait_for_unit("home-assistant.service")
+    cursor = get_journal_cursor(hass)
 
     with subtest("Check that YAML configuration file is in place"):
         hass.succeed("test -L ${configDir}/configuration.yaml")
@@ -148,7 +157,7 @@ in {
         hass.succeed(f"grep -q 'wake_on_lan' {package}/extra_components")
 
     with subtest("Check that Home Assistant's web interface and API can be reached"):
-        hass.wait_until_succeeds("journalctl -u home-assistant.service | grep -q 'Home Assistant initialized in'")
+        wait_for_homeassistant(hass, cursor)
         hass.wait_for_open_port(8123)
         hass.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8123/lovelace")
 
@@ -162,15 +171,19 @@ in {
     with subtest("Check service reloads when configuration changes"):
       # store the old pid of the process
       pid = hass.succeed("systemctl show --property=MainPID home-assistant.service")
+      cursor = get_journal_cursor(hass)
       hass.succeed("${system}/specialisation/differentName/bin/switch-to-configuration test")
       new_pid = hass.succeed("systemctl show --property=MainPID home-assistant.service")
       assert pid == new_pid, "The PID of the process should not change between process reloads"
+      wait_for_homeassistant(hass, cursor)
 
     with subtest("check service restarts when package changes"):
       pid = new_pid
+      cursor = get_journal_cursor(hass)
       hass.succeed("${system}/specialisation/newFeature/bin/switch-to-configuration test")
       new_pid = hass.succeed("systemctl show --property=MainPID home-assistant.service")
       assert pid != new_pid, "The PID of the process shoudl change when the HA binary changes"
+      wait_for_homeassistant(hass, cursor)
 
     with subtest("Check that no errors were logged"):
         output_log = hass.succeed("cat ${configDir}/home-assistant.log")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bellows/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bellows/default.nix
index d2ba3e77ee62..be8afd022a47 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bellows/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bellows/default.nix
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "bellows";
-  version = "0.31.0";
+  version = "0.31.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zigpy";
     repo = "bellows";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8pw139TNY7LE7x13JfgxcUVWFIXVj4FiEvqdUh+xcl8=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-kjZL6N1VF3Rc26eB5fU1UEs9BEr4sfV4Hto6QdwqeqY=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
index 9a93117bd44f..71d8971ddc45 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Do not edit!
 
 {
-  version = "2022.7.3";
+  version = "2022.7.4";
   components = {
     "abode" = ps: with ps; [
       abodepy
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
index 4fac9351727f..5dd4d60cbde7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -85,19 +85,6 @@ let
       });
     })
 
-    # Pinned due to API changes in pyruckus>0.12
-    (self: super: {
-      pyruckus = super.pyruckus.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "0.12";
-        src = fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "gabe565";
-          repo = "pyruckus";
-          rev = version;
-          sha256 = "0ykv6r6blbj3fg9fplk9i7xclkv5d93rwvx0fm5s8ms9f2s9ih8z";
-        };
-      });
-    })
-
     # Pinned due to API changes in 0.1.0
     (mkOverride "poolsense" "0.0.8" "sha256-17MHrYRmqkH+1QLtgq2d6zaRtqvb9ju9dvPt9gB2xCc=")
 
@@ -190,7 +177,7 @@ let
   extraPackagesFile = writeText "home-assistant-packages" (lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (pkg: pkg.pname) extraBuildInputs);
 
   # Don't forget to run parse-requirements.py after updating
-  hassVersion = "2022.7.3";
+  hassVersion = "2022.7.4";
 
 in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "homeassistant";
@@ -208,7 +195,7 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     owner = "home-assistant";
     repo = "core";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-e0vu3QUalFncWloNum92YLvMWkeuFF74vrNdfmsfEw0=";
+    hash = "sha256-TQsIChMoIlTd8+gN4bxiWFId6V2wB1j3XfhXYpYMw9M=";
   };
 
   # leave this in, so users don't have to constantly update their downstream patch handling