diff --git a/homeassistant/components/habitica/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/habitica/__init__.py
index a1e0f4a0696..e8c0af8f97f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/habitica/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/habitica/__init__.py
@@ -151,12 +151,13 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: HabiticaConfigEntry) ->
     username = entry.data[CONF_API_USER]
     password = entry.data[CONF_API_KEY]
 
-    api = HAHabitipyAsync(
+    api = await hass.async_add_executor_job(
+        HAHabitipyAsync,
         {
             "url": url,
             "login": username,
             "password": password,
-        }
+        },
     )
     try:
         user = await api.user.get(userFields="profile")
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/habitica/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/habitica/config_flow.py
index 4c733bcf1d5..5dd9fb2aa22 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/habitica/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/habitica/config_flow.py
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ async def validate_input(hass: HomeAssistant, data: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str,
     """Validate the user input allows us to connect."""
 
     websession = async_get_clientsession(hass)
-    api = HabitipyAsync(
-        conf={
+    api = await hass.async_add_executor_job(
+        HabitipyAsync,
+        {
             "login": data[CONF_API_USER],
             "password": data[CONF_API_KEY],
             "url": data[CONF_URL] or DEFAULT_URL,
-        }
+        },
     )
     try:
         await api.user.get(session=websession)