diff --git a/homeassistant/components/esphome/cover.py b/homeassistant/components/esphome/cover.py
index 1b3e42d5a17..8c28639ff34 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/esphome/cover.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/esphome/cover.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Support for ESPHome covers."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from contextlib import suppress
 from typing import Any
 
 from aioesphomeapi import CoverInfo, CoverOperation, CoverState
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ from aioesphomeapi import CoverInfo, CoverOperation, CoverState
 from homeassistant.components.cover import (
     ATTR_POSITION,
     ATTR_TILT_POSITION,
-    DEVICE_CLASSES,
+    CoverDeviceClass,
     CoverEntity,
     CoverEntityFeature,
 )
@@ -54,11 +55,11 @@ class EsphomeCover(EsphomeEntity[CoverInfo, CoverState], CoverEntity):
         return flags
 
     @property
-    def device_class(self) -> str | None:
+    def device_class(self) -> CoverDeviceClass | None:
         """Return the class of this device, from component DEVICE_CLASSES."""
-        if self._static_info.device_class not in DEVICE_CLASSES:
-            return None
-        return self._static_info.device_class
+        with suppress(ValueError):
+            return CoverDeviceClass(self._static_info.device_class)
+        return None
 
     @property
     def assumed_state(self) -> bool: