diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
index 3e7df9195b..1d7d315419 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ void ExecuteServiceArgument::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   dump_field(out, "string_", this->string_);
   dump_field(out, "int_", this->int_);
   for (const auto it : this->bool_array) {
-    dump_field(out, "bool_array", it, 4);
+    dump_field(out, "bool_array", static_cast<bool>(it), 4);
   }
   for (const auto &it : this->int_array) {
     dump_field(out, "int_array", it, 4);
diff --git a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
index 511d70d3ec..205bac4937 100755
--- a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
+++ b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
@@ -1059,7 +1059,9 @@ def _generate_array_dump_content(
     # Check if underlying type can use dump_field
     if ti.can_use_dump_field():
         # For types that have dump_field overloads, use them with extra indent
-        o += f'  dump_field(out, "{name}", {ti.dump_field_value("it")}, 4);\n'
+        # std::vector<bool> iterators return proxy objects, need explicit cast
+        value_expr = "static_cast<bool>(it)" if is_bool else ti.dump_field_value("it")
+        o += f'  dump_field(out, "{name}", {value_expr}, 4);\n'
     else:
         # For complex types (messages, bytes), use the old pattern
         o += f'  out.append("  {name}: ");\n'
diff --git a/tests/integration/fixtures/parallel_script_delays.yaml b/tests/integration/fixtures/parallel_script_delays.yaml
index 6887045913..71d5b904e9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/fixtures/parallel_script_delays.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/fixtures/parallel_script_delays.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ esphome:
 host:
 
 logger:
-  level: DEBUG
+  level: VERY_VERBOSE
 
 api:
   actions: