diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/package.nix
index 7dd6ee371525..f77baa00c6ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/package.nix
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ let
 in
 python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "esphome";
-  version = "2026.4.3";
+  version = "2026.4.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "esphome";
     repo = "esphome";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-+esSczOBIT4dJEyzqmEv6YMU4wGkN4lFGmuZKRp5/bo=";
+    hash = "sha256-7ZhVi4R/wmBX1HI60eMpWGY2zZNft9H3duJ2dwkqP24=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     # Expects a full git clone
     "test_clang_tidy_mode_full_scan"
     "test_clang_tidy_mode_targeted_scan"
+    # Patched to run platformio without the esphome wrapper
+    "test_run_platformio_cli_strips_win_long_path_prefix"
+    "test_run_platformio_cli_does_not_set_pythonexepath_without_strip"
   ];
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/platformio-binary-reference.patch b/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/platformio-binary-reference.patch
index 7022c0fc0c72..42c3a16fa3b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/platformio-binary-reference.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/platformio-binary-reference.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 diff --git a/esphome/platformio_api.py b/esphome/platformio_api.py
-index fc21977f..e5059f1d 100644
+index 81ff01306..2dfa523dd 100644
 --- a/esphome/platformio_api.py
 +++ b/esphome/platformio_api.py
-@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def run_platformio_cli(*args, **kwargs) -> str | int:
-     os.environ.setdefault("PYTHONWARNINGS", "ignore::SyntaxWarning")
-     # Increase uv retry count to handle transient network errors (default is 3)
-     os.environ.setdefault("UV_HTTP_RETRIES", "10")
--    cmd = [sys.executable, "-m", "esphome.platformio_runner"] + list(args)
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def run_platformio_cli(*args, **kwargs) -> str | int:
+         # a user-provided value (or the unmodified path on platforms that
+         # don't need the strip).
+         os.environ["PYTHONEXEPATH"] = python_exe
+-    cmd = [python_exe, "-m", "esphome.platformio_runner"] + list(args)
 +    cmd = ["platformio"] + list(args)
-
+ 
      return run_external_process(*cmd, **kwargs)
-
+