diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 68187f259e..a04dc0630b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ HelloResponse APIConnection::hello(const HelloRequest &msg) {
 
   HelloResponse resp;
   resp.api_version_major = 1;
-  resp.api_version_minor = 4;
+  resp.api_version_minor = 5;
   resp.server_info = App.get_name() + " (esphome v" ESPHOME_VERSION ")";
   this->connection_state_ = ConnectionState::CONNECTED;
   return resp;