diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix
index 68331992f98a..11665de8a98e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "aioesphomeapi";
-  version = "44.23.0";
+  version = "44.23.0"; # must track the major version that home-assistant pins
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {