diff --git a/esphome/components/tcs34725/tcs34725.cpp b/esphome/components/tcs34725/tcs34725.cpp
index c9b2ae321a..9d682e094c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/tcs34725/tcs34725.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/tcs34725/tcs34725.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace tcs34725 {
@@ -14,10 +15,7 @@ static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_ID = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x12;
 static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_ATIME = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x01;
 static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_CONTROL = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x0F;
 static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_ENABLE = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x00;
-static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_CDATAL = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x14;
-static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_RDATAL = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x16;
-static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_GDATAL = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x18;
-static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_BDATAL = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x1A;
+static const uint8_t TCS34725_REGISTER_CRGBDATAL = TCS34725_COMMAND_BIT | 0x14;
 
 void TCS34725Component::setup() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Setting up TCS34725...");
@@ -181,27 +179,21 @@ void TCS34725Component::calculate_temperature_and_lux_(uint16_t r, uint16_t g, u
 }
 
 void TCS34725Component::update() {
-  uint16_t raw_c;
-  uint16_t raw_r;
-  uint16_t raw_g;
-  uint16_t raw_b;
+  uint8_t data[8];  // Buffer to hold the 8 bytes (2 bytes for each of the 4 channels)
 
-  if (this->read_data_register_(TCS34725_REGISTER_CDATAL, raw_c) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
-    this->status_set_warning();
-    return;
-  }
-  if (this->read_data_register_(TCS34725_REGISTER_RDATAL, raw_r) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
-    this->status_set_warning();
-    return;
-  }
-  if (this->read_data_register_(TCS34725_REGISTER_GDATAL, raw_g) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
-    this->status_set_warning();
-    return;
-  }
-  if (this->read_data_register_(TCS34725_REGISTER_BDATAL, raw_b) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
+  // Perform burst
+  if (this->read_register(TCS34725_REGISTER_CRGBDATAL, data, 8) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
     this->status_set_warning();
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Error reading TCS34725 sensor data");
     return;
   }
+
+  // Extract the data
+  uint16_t raw_c = encode_uint16(data[1], data[0]);  // Clear channel
+  uint16_t raw_r = encode_uint16(data[3], data[2]);  // Red channel
+  uint16_t raw_g = encode_uint16(data[5], data[4]);  // Green channel
+  uint16_t raw_b = encode_uint16(data[7], data[6]);  // Blue channel
+
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Raw values clear=%d red=%d green=%d blue=%d", raw_c, raw_r, raw_g, raw_b);
 
   float channel_c;