diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
index ea14ad1130..14a1f3f353 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ enum UpdateCommand : uint32_t {
 
 class InfoResponseProtoMessage : public ProtoMessage {
  public:
-  virtual ~InfoResponseProtoMessage() = default;
+  ~InfoResponseProtoMessage() override = default;
   std::string object_id{};
   uint32_t key{0};
   std::string name{};
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class InfoResponseProtoMessage : public ProtoMessage {
 
 class StateResponseProtoMessage : public ProtoMessage {
  public:
-  virtual ~StateResponseProtoMessage() = default;
+  ~StateResponseProtoMessage() override = default;
   uint32_t key{0};
 
  protected:
diff --git a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
index ef0edff18b..66e5d62422 100755
--- a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
+++ b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
@@ -1137,8 +1137,8 @@ def build_base_class(
     out = f"class {base_class_name} : public ProtoMessage {{\n"
     out += " public:\n"
 
-    # Add virtual destructor
-    public_content.insert(0, f"virtual ~{base_class_name}() = default;")
+    # Add destructor with override
+    public_content.insert(0, f"~{base_class_name}() override = default;")
 
     # Base classes don't implement encode/decode/calculate_size
     # Derived classes handle these with their specific field numbers