2021.12: New configuration menu, the button entity, and gorgeous area cards!

[CaptTom (Tom)]

I had the same issue last year. I submitted a feature request to allow updating the HA core separately from the built-in integrations:

Feature Request: Allow update and back-level integrations individually

Most people depend on multiple different integrations in their HA system. These integrations change all the time (which is good.) But the testing is, by its nature, very difficult for one developer to do. There are so many different environments out there, it’s almost guaranteed that fixing one bug or making one update will introduce another problem for some users. Lately it seems these bugs are creeping into merged integrations more and more. I use one integration which was changed in version …

It didn’t get much traction. If you agree this would be helpful, feel free to up-vote the FR.