diff --git a/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py b/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py
index 56bde7bbae7..7d26f5b3a0c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ SUPPORTED_FEATURES_BASE = (
     | MediaPlayerEntityFeature.MEDIA_ENQUEUE
     | MediaPlayerEntityFeature.MEDIA_ANNOUNCE
     | MediaPlayerEntityFeature.SEEK
+    # we always add pause support,
+    # regardless if the underlying player actually natively supports pause
+    # because the MA behavior is to internally handle pause with stop
+    # (and a resume position) and we'd like to keep the UX consistent
+    # background info: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/140118
+    | MediaPlayerEntityFeature.PAUSE
 )
 
 QUEUE_OPTION_MAP = {
@@ -697,8 +703,6 @@ class MusicAssistantPlayer(MusicAssistantEntity, MediaPlayerEntity):
         supported_features = SUPPORTED_FEATURES_BASE
         if PlayerFeature.SET_MEMBERS in self.player.supported_features:
             supported_features |= MediaPlayerEntityFeature.GROUPING
-        if PlayerFeature.PAUSE in self.player.supported_features:
-            supported_features |= MediaPlayerEntityFeature.PAUSE
         if self.player.mute_control != PLAYER_CONTROL_NONE:
             supported_features |= MediaPlayerEntityFeature.VOLUME_MUTE
         if self.player.volume_control != PLAYER_CONTROL_NONE:
diff --git a/tests/components/music_assistant/test_media_player.py b/tests/components/music_assistant/test_media_player.py
index 44317d4977a..ad321a1cc29 100644
--- a/tests/components/music_assistant/test_media_player.py
+++ b/tests/components/music_assistant/test_media_player.py
@@ -694,19 +694,6 @@ async def test_media_player_supported_features(
     assert state
     assert state.attributes["supported_features"] == expected_features
 
-    # remove pause capability from player, trigger subscription callback
-    # and check if the supported features got updated
-    music_assistant_client.players._players[mass_player_id].supported_features.remove(
-        PlayerFeature.PAUSE
-    )
-    await trigger_subscription_callback(
-        hass, music_assistant_client, EventType.PLAYER_CONFIG_UPDATED, mass_player_id
-    )
-    expected_features &= ~MediaPlayerEntityFeature.PAUSE
-    state = hass.states.get(entity_id)
-    assert state
-    assert state.attributes["supported_features"] == expected_features
-
     # remove grouping capability from player, trigger subscription callback
     # and check if the supported features got updated
     music_assistant_client.players._players[mass_player_id].supported_features.remove(