diff --git a/homeassistant/components/go2rtc/server.py b/homeassistant/components/go2rtc/server.py
index 7e824797da2..d2b9d49e992 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/go2rtc/server.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/go2rtc/server.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class Server:
             config_file,
             stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=asyncio.subprocess.STDOUT,
+            close_fds=False,  # required for posix_spawn on CPython < 3.13
         )
 
         self._hass.async_create_background_task(
diff --git a/tests/components/go2rtc/test_server.py b/tests/components/go2rtc/test_server.py
index 80e3b18f175..5517062b29a 100644
--- a/tests/components/go2rtc/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/components/go2rtc/test_server.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ async def test_server_run_success(
         "test.yaml",
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+        close_fds=False,
     )
 
     # Verify that the config file was written