diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
index f8c6841c34..e5b8b36aa7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void WebServer::handle_js_request(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
 #endif
 
 void WebServer::handle_states_request(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
-  AsyncResponseStream *stream = request->beginResponseStream("text/json");
+  AsyncResponseStream *stream = request->beginResponseStream("application/json");
   StatesIterator states_it = StatesIterator(this);
   states_it.begin();
   optional<std::string> s;