diff --git a/.core_files.yaml b/.core_files.yaml
index 374a8957bcc..b07dc04cd15 100644
--- a/.core_files.yaml
+++ b/.core_files.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ components: &components
   - homeassistant/components/group/*
   - homeassistant/components/hassio/*
   - homeassistant/components/homeassistant/**
+  - homeassistant/components/http/**
   - homeassistant/components/image/*
   - homeassistant/components/input_boolean/*
   - homeassistant/components/input_button/*
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/http/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/http/__init__.py
index bb168fce09f..764138ca5f3 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/http/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/http/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 """Support to serve the Home Assistant API as WSGI application."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from ipaddress import ip_network
+from ipaddress import IPv4Network, IPv6Network, ip_network
 import logging
 import os
 import ssl
-from typing import Any, Final, Optional, TypedDict, cast
+from typing import Any, Final, Optional, TypedDict, Union, cast
 
 from aiohttp import web
 from aiohttp.typedefs import StrOrURL
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class ConfData(TypedDict, total=False):
     ssl_key: str
     cors_allowed_origins: list[str]
     use_x_forwarded_for: bool
-    trusted_proxies: list[str]
+    trusted_proxies: list[IPv4Network | IPv6Network]
     login_attempts_threshold: int
     ip_ban_enabled: bool
     ssl_profile: str
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class HomeAssistantHTTP:
         ssl_key: str | None,
         server_host: list[str] | None,
         server_port: int,
-        trusted_proxies: list[str],
+        trusted_proxies: list[IPv4Network | IPv6Network],
         ssl_profile: str,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize the HTTP Home Assistant server."""
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ async def start_http_server_and_save_config(
 
     if CONF_TRUSTED_PROXIES in conf:
         conf[CONF_TRUSTED_PROXIES] = [
-            str(ip.network_address) for ip in conf[CONF_TRUSTED_PROXIES]
+            str(cast(Union[IPv4Network, IPv6Network], ip).network_address)
+            for ip in conf[CONF_TRUSTED_PROXIES]
         ]
 
     store.async_delay_save(lambda: conf, SAVE_DELAY)
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py b/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py
index b50555b9841..292c46e55f9 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from contextlib import suppress
 from datetime import datetime
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from ipaddress import ip_address
+from ipaddress import IPv4Address, IPv6Address, ip_address
 import logging
 from socket import gethostbyaddr, herror
 from typing import Any, Final
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ async def process_success_login(request: Request) -> None:
 class IpBan:
     """Represents banned IP address."""
 
-    def __init__(self, ip_ban: str, banned_at: datetime | None = None) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        ip_ban: str | IPv4Address | IPv6Address,
+        banned_at: datetime | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
         """Initialize IP Ban object."""
         self.ip_address = ip_address(ip_ban)
         self.banned_at = banned_at or dt_util.utcnow()
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/http/forwarded.py b/homeassistant/components/http/forwarded.py
index ff50e9bd965..c0aaa31fab0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/http/forwarded.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/http/forwarded.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
-from ipaddress import ip_address
+from ipaddress import IPv4Network, IPv6Network, ip_address
 import logging
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import Literal
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 @callback
 def async_setup_forwarded(
-    app: Application, use_x_forwarded_for: bool | None, trusted_proxies: list[str]
+    app: Application,
+    use_x_forwarded_for: bool | None,
+    trusted_proxies: list[IPv4Network | IPv6Network],
 ) -> None:
     """Create forwarded middleware for the app.