diff --git a/esphome/components/mdns/__init__.py b/esphome/components/mdns/__init__.py
index 25c004ac5d..14e0420ef5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mdns/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/mdns/__init__.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ async def _mdns_txt_record_templated(
 
 
 def mdns_service(
-    service: str, proto: str, port: int, txt_records: list[dict[str, str]]
+    service: str, proto: str, port: int, txt_records: list[cg.RawExpression]
 ) -> cg.StructInitializer:
     """Create a mDNS service.