How to update ESPHome

BruceK · November 17, 2025, 2:27pm

I have had several ratdgo devices for a while, so ESPHome has been installed for a while also.

I recently added my first ESP32 board.with the intention to use it as a Bluetooth proxy. It now appears in Home Assistant with Firmware: 25.9.1.
However, in HA, the Firmware entity says Installed version 25.9.0 and Latest version 25.5.2.
When I try to access the device, I get the error message:
“Your ESPHome version is too old. Please update to at least 2025.9.0.”

I can not find a way to do that.
Can anyone explain?
thanks.

drothenberger · November 17, 2025, 8:12pm

I guess the message is about the ESPHome Device Builder add-on. What version are you using? The latest is 2025.10.5.

LutzDe · November 17, 2025, 10:59pm

Are there no ESPHome updates available under Settings=>System=>Updates?
(Settings is located in the scrollable column on the left at the very bottom.)

BruceK · November 18, 2025, 2:54am

Ahh, yes I see now. it’s the Device Builder version, which is 25.5.2. If I go to the AddOn Store, I find the Device Builder, which still says version 25.5.2. I must be in the wrong place.

BruceK · November 18, 2025, 2:57am

The only update shown in Settings/System/Updates is for iCloud3, which I will handle later.

drothenberger · November 18, 2025, 6:50pm

The Add On Store is the right place, but that is definitely not the latest version for ESPHome Device Builder. I’m not sure why you’re not seeing the latest version.

BruceK · November 18, 2025, 9:50pm

In the AddOn Store, I find 3 AddOn’s for ESPHome Builder.
One is a beta, version 2025.6.ob1
One is a dev, version 2025.7.0-dev20250612
The URL for the store is [myip]/hassio/store
The URL for the ESPHome Builder is [MyIP]/hassio/addon/5c53de3b_esphome/info

Is any of this similar to other installations?

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drothenberger · November 18, 2025, 9:54pm

I also see the three add-ons, but the versions in my store are 2025.10.5, 2025.11.0b3, and 2025.12.0-dev20251118.

I have no idea why your add-on store is out-of-date.

Tamsy · November 19, 2025, 12:22am

HA → Settings → Add-ons → ESPHome Device Builder doesn’t offer you an update to the latest v.2025.10.5 ?

BruceK · November 19, 2025, 1:31pm

@Tamsy No, HA → Settings → Add-ons → ESPHome Device Builder shows me this screen, with nothing about updates that I can see.

The Add-Ons page (previous to this one) gives me this screen, but the “Check for Updates” icon seems to do nothing discernable.

I can’t tell if the problem lies with ESPHome Device Builder, or with the Add-On Store itself.

If someone could post a screenshot of the page showing an addon with the “update needed” button or flag, that would be very helpful.

Thanks for helping.

Tamsy · November 20, 2025, 1:04am

Just now ESPHome Device Builder offers an update to version 2025.11.0.

HA → Settings → Add-ons → ESPHome Device Builder shows:

BruceK · November 20, 2025, 11:42pm

@Tamsy Thanks. I think my problem is resolved. I decided to try to restore from an older backup, but there were Supervisor errors and then my Raspberry Pi 5 did a power cycle I think because it was gone for quite a while. After it came back, the Add-On library was up-to-date, and a number of Core updates waiting. So I was able to update the Builder to 2025.11.0 and everything is now making sense.
Thanks to everyone for the help.