diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp
index 3cde14365a..ffa435ead4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ std::string HttpContainer::get_response_header(const std::string &header_name) {
     } else {
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Header with name %s found", header_name_lower_case.c_str());
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Header with name %s found with value %s", header_name_lower_case.c_str(), values.front().c_str());
-      return values.front();
+      return values.front() + "";
     }
   }
 }