diff --git a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py
index d4e3e2afd07..655dfb7a260 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/__init__.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: TelegramBotConfigEntry)
 
 async def update_listener(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: TelegramBotConfigEntry) -> None:
     """Handle options update."""
-    await hass.config_entries.async_reload(entry.entry_id)
+    entry.runtime_data.parse_mode = entry.options[ATTR_PARSER]
 
 
 async def async_unload_entry(
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/bot.py b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/bot.py
index 1c8684f9a4e..35f4a6475d1 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/bot.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/bot.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class TelegramNotificationService:
             PARSER_MD2: ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2,
             PARSER_PLAIN_TEXT: None,
         }
-        self._parse_mode = self._parsers.get(parser)
+        self.parse_mode = self._parsers.get(parser)
         self.bot = bot
         self.hass = hass
         self._last_message_id: dict[int, int] = {}
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class TelegramNotificationService:
 
         # Defaults
         params = {
-            ATTR_PARSER: self._parse_mode,
+            ATTR_PARSER: self.parse_mode,
             ATTR_DISABLE_NOTIF: False,
             ATTR_DISABLE_WEB_PREV: None,
             ATTR_REPLY_TO_MSGID: None,
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class TelegramNotificationService:
         if data is not None:
             if ATTR_PARSER in data:
                 params[ATTR_PARSER] = self._parsers.get(
-                    data[ATTR_PARSER], self._parse_mode
+                    data[ATTR_PARSER], self.parse_mode
                 )
             if ATTR_TIMEOUT in data:
                 params[ATTR_TIMEOUT] = data[ATTR_TIMEOUT]
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/polling.py b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/polling.py
index f6435c16d82..f9e69080939 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/polling.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/telegram_bot/polling.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async def async_setup_platform(
     """Set up the Telegram polling platform."""
     pollbot = PollBot(hass, bot, config)
 
-    config.async_create_task(hass, pollbot.start_polling(), "polling telegram bot")
+    await pollbot.start_polling()
 
     return pollbot