diff --git a/homeassistant/util/yaml/dumper.py b/homeassistant/util/yaml/dumper.py
index a3fba653042..65747d1fd3e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/util/yaml/dumper.py
+++ b/homeassistant/util/yaml/dumper.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 import yaml
 
-from .objects import Input, NodeDictClass, NodeListClass
+from .objects import Input, NodeDictClass, NodeListClass, NodeStrClass
 
 # mypy: allow-untyped-calls, no-warn-return-any
 
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ add_representer(
     lambda dumper, value: dumper.represent_sequence("tag:yaml.org,2002:seq", value),
 )
 
+add_representer(
+    NodeStrClass,
+    lambda dumper, value: dumper.represent_scalar("tag:yaml.org,2002:str", str(value)),
+)
+
 add_representer(
     Input,
     lambda dumper, value: dumper.represent_scalar("!input", value.name),
diff --git a/homeassistant/util/yaml/loader.py b/homeassistant/util/yaml/loader.py
index 5f18a729130..75942e5ea79 100644
--- a/homeassistant/util/yaml/loader.py
+++ b/homeassistant/util/yaml/loader.py
@@ -371,6 +371,16 @@ def _construct_seq(loader: LoaderType, node: yaml.nodes.Node) -> JSON_TYPE:
     return _add_reference(obj, loader, node)
 
 
+def _handle_scalar_tag(
+    loader: LoaderType, node: yaml.nodes.ScalarNode
+) -> str | int | float | None:
+    """Add line number and file name to Load YAML sequence."""
+    obj = loader.construct_scalar(node)
+    if not isinstance(obj, str):
+        return obj
+    return _add_reference(obj, loader, node)
+
+
 def _env_var_yaml(loader: LoaderType, node: yaml.nodes.Node) -> str:
     """Load environment variables and embed it into the configuration YAML."""
     args = node.value.split()
@@ -400,6 +410,7 @@ def add_constructor(tag: Any, constructor: Any) -> None:
 
 add_constructor("!include", _include_yaml)
 add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG, _handle_mapping_tag)
+add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_SCALAR_TAG, _handle_scalar_tag)
 add_constructor(yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_SEQUENCE_TAG, _construct_seq)
 add_constructor("!env_var", _env_var_yaml)
 add_constructor("!secret", secret_yaml)
diff --git a/tests/util/yaml/test_init.py b/tests/util/yaml/test_init.py
index 4f60c5836b5..53b3143ac0b 100644
--- a/tests/util/yaml/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/util/yaml/test_init.py
@@ -547,3 +547,36 @@ async def test_loading_actual_file_with_syntax(
             "fixtures", "bad.yaml.txt"
         )
         await hass.async_add_executor_job(load_yaml_config_file, fixture_path)
+
+
+def test_string_annotated(try_both_loaders) -> None:
+    """Test strings are annotated with file + line."""
+    conf = (
+        "key1: str\n"
+        "key2:\n"
+        "  blah: blah\n"
+        "key3:\n"
+        " - 1\n"
+        " - 2\n"
+        " - 3\n"
+        "key4: yes\n"
+        "key5: 1\n"
+        "key6: 1.0\n"
+    )
+    expected_annotations = {
+        "key1": [("<file>", 0), ("<file>", 0)],
+        "key2": [("<file>", 1), ("<file>", 2)],
+        "key3": [("<file>", 3), ("<file>", 4)],
+        "key4": [("<file>", 7), (None, None)],
+        "key5": [("<file>", 8), (None, None)],
+        "key6": [("<file>", 9), (None, None)],
+    }
+    with io.StringIO(conf) as file:
+        doc = yaml_loader.parse_yaml(file)
+    for key, value in doc.items():
+        assert getattr(key, "__config_file__", None) == expected_annotations[key][0][0]
+        assert getattr(key, "__line__", None) == expected_annotations[key][0][1]
+        assert (
+            getattr(value, "__config_file__", None) == expected_annotations[key][1][0]
+        )
+        assert getattr(value, "__line__", None) == expected_annotations[key][1][1]