From 7d018f41ba83730e5b80302dce07593265b13ce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Kleinecke <okleinecke@web.de>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 19:15:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update mcp4461_output.cpp

---
 esphome/components/mcp4461/output/mcp4461_output.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/mcp4461/output/mcp4461_output.cpp b/esphome/components/mcp4461/output/mcp4461_output.cpp
index 1d53d3d659..a0fd369d7e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mcp4461/output/mcp4461_output.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/mcp4461/output/mcp4461_output.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void Mcp4461Wiper::write_state(float state) {
 
 float Mcp4461Wiper::read_state() { return (static_cast<float>(this->parent_->get_wiper_level_(this->wiper_)) / 1000.0); }
 
-uint16_t Mcp4461Wiper::update_state() {
+float Mcp4461Wiper::update_state() {
   this->state_ = this->read_state();
   return this->state_;
 }