diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py b/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py
index cc843b6d9b1..73ce1291a3c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py
@@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ class CachedProperties(type):
                 Also invalidates the corresponding cached_property by calling
                 delattr on it.
                 """
-                if getattr(o, private_attr_name, _SENTINEL) == val:
+                if (
+                    old_val := getattr(o, private_attr_name, _SENTINEL)
+                ) == val and type(old_val) is type(val):
                     return
                 setattr(o, private_attr_name, val)
                 # Invalidate the cache of the cached property
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_entity.py b/tests/helpers/test_entity.py
index bada0869ffd..2bf441f70fd 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_entity.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_entity.py
@@ -2314,7 +2314,12 @@ async def test_update_capabilities_too_often_cooldown(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("property", "default_value", "values"), [("attribution", None, ["abcd", "efgh"])]
+    ("property", "default_value", "values"),
+    [
+        ("attribution", None, ["abcd", "efgh"]),
+        ("attribution", None, [True, 1]),
+        ("attribution", None, [1.0, 1]),
+    ],
 )
 async def test_cached_entity_properties(
     hass: HomeAssistant, property: str, default_value: Any, values: Any
@@ -2323,22 +2328,30 @@ async def test_cached_entity_properties(
     ent1 = entity.Entity()
     ent2 = entity.Entity()
     assert getattr(ent1, property) == default_value
+    assert type(getattr(ent1, property)) is type(default_value)
     assert getattr(ent2, property) == default_value
+    assert type(getattr(ent2, property)) is type(default_value)
 
     # Test set
     setattr(ent1, f"_attr_{property}", values[0])
     assert getattr(ent1, property) == values[0]
+    assert type(getattr(ent1, property)) is type(values[0])
     assert getattr(ent2, property) == default_value
+    assert type(getattr(ent2, property)) is type(default_value)
 
     # Test update
     setattr(ent1, f"_attr_{property}", values[1])
     assert getattr(ent1, property) == values[1]
+    assert type(getattr(ent1, property)) is type(values[1])
     assert getattr(ent2, property) == default_value
+    assert type(getattr(ent2, property)) is type(default_value)
 
     # Test delete
     delattr(ent1, f"_attr_{property}")
     assert getattr(ent1, property) == default_value
+    assert type(getattr(ent1, property)) is type(default_value)
     assert getattr(ent2, property) == default_value
+    assert type(getattr(ent2, property)) is type(default_value)
 
 
 async def test_cached_entity_property_delete_attr(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None: