diff --git a/homeassistant/components/august/camera.py b/homeassistant/components/august/camera.py
index 32b23e1329c..a3cc18ab9c0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/august/camera.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/august/camera.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
 ) -> None:
     """Set up August cameras."""
     data: AugustData = hass.data[DOMAIN][config_entry.entry_id]
-    session = aiohttp_client.async_get_clientsession(hass)
+    # Create an aiohttp session instead of using the default one since the
+    # default one is likely to trigger august's WAF if another integration
+    # is also using Cloudflare
+    session = aiohttp_client.async_create_clientsession(hass)
     async_add_entities(
         AugustCamera(data, doorbell, session, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
         for doorbell in data.doorbells
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/august/gateway.py b/homeassistant/components/august/gateway.py
index ac7b81a7117..32004158f7f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/august/gateway.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/august/gateway.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ class AugustGateway:
 
     def __init__(self, hass):
         """Init the connection."""
-        self._aiohttp_session = aiohttp_client.async_get_clientsession(hass)
+        # Create an aiohttp session instead of using the default one since the
+        # default one is likely to trigger august's WAF if another integration
+        # is also using Cloudflare
+        self._aiohttp_session = aiohttp_client.async_create_clientsession(hass)
         self._token_refresh_lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self._access_token_cache_file = None
         self._hass = hass