From 46c83c8824437da727842afcebc8d5869485dc01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:28:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix type

---
 esphome/helpers.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/helpers.py b/esphome/helpers.py
index 7eb560646b..d37f549658 100644
--- a/esphome/helpers.py
+++ b/esphome/helpers.py
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import platform
 import re
 import tempfile
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from esphome.const import __version__ as ESPHOME_VERSION
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from esphome.address_cache import AddressCache
+
 # Type aliases for socket address information
 AddrInfo = tuple[
     int,  # family (AF_INET, AF_INET6, etc.)
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ def addr_preference_(res: AddrInfo) -> int:
 
 
 def resolve_ip_address(
-    host: str | list[str], port: int, address_cache: object | None = None
+    host: str | list[str], port: int, address_cache: AddressCache | None = None
 ) -> list[AddrInfo]:
     import socket