diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/gateway.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/gateway.py
index 6c600bf93d6..64f7b24ff99 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/gateway.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/gateway.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import time
 import traceback
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, Union
 
 from serial import SerialException
 from zigpy.application import ControllerApplication
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.device_registry import (
     async_get_registry as get_dev_reg,
 )
 from homeassistant.helpers.dispatcher import async_dispatcher_send
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import DeviceInfo
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity_registry import (
     EntityRegistry,
     async_entries_for_device,
@@ -96,16 +97,22 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from logging import Filter, LogRecord
 
     from ..entity import ZhaEntity
+    from .channels.base import ZigbeeChannel
     from .store import ZhaStorage
 
     _LogFilterType = Union[Filter, Callable[[LogRecord], int]]
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-EntityReference = collections.namedtuple(
-    "EntityReference",
-    "reference_id zha_device cluster_channels device_info remove_future",
-)
+
+class EntityReference(NamedTuple):
+    """Describes an entity reference."""
+
+    reference_id: str
+    zha_device: ZHADevice
+    cluster_channels: dict[str, ZigbeeChannel]
+    device_info: DeviceInfo
+    remove_future: asyncio.Future[Any]
 
 
 class DevicePairingStatus(Enum):
@@ -362,7 +369,7 @@ class ZHAGateway:
         self, device: ZHADevice, entity_refs: list[EntityReference] | None
     ) -> None:
         if entity_refs is not None:
-            remove_tasks = []
+            remove_tasks: list[asyncio.Future[Any]] = []
             for entity_ref in entity_refs:
                 remove_tasks.append(entity_ref.remove_future)
             if remove_tasks:
@@ -413,13 +420,14 @@ class ZHAGateway:
         ):
             if entity_id == entity_reference.reference_id:
                 return entity_reference
+        return None
 
     def remove_entity_reference(self, entity: ZhaEntity) -> None:
         """Remove entity reference for given entity_id if found."""
         if entity.zha_device.ieee in self.device_registry:
             entity_refs = self.device_registry.get(entity.zha_device.ieee)
             self.device_registry[entity.zha_device.ieee] = [
-                e for e in entity_refs if e.reference_id != entity.entity_id
+                e for e in entity_refs if e.reference_id != entity.entity_id  # type: ignore[union-attr]
             ]
 
     def _cleanup_group_entity_registry_entries(
@@ -470,12 +478,12 @@ class ZHAGateway:
 
     def register_entity_reference(
         self,
-        ieee,
-        reference_id,
-        zha_device,
-        cluster_channels,
-        device_info,
-        remove_future,
+        ieee: EUI64,
+        reference_id: str,
+        zha_device: ZHADevice,
+        cluster_channels: dict[str, ZigbeeChannel],
+        device_info: DeviceInfo,
+        remove_future: asyncio.Future[Any],
     ):
         """Record the creation of a hass entity associated with ieee."""
         self._device_registry[ieee].append(
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/entity.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/entity.py
index 0b7f95efb64..4a9b0f7577c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/entity.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/entity.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
-from collections.abc import Awaitable
 import functools
 import logging
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from homeassistant.const import ATTR_NAME
 from homeassistant.core import CALLBACK_TYPE, Event, callback
@@ -32,6 +31,10 @@ from .core.const import (
 from .core.helpers import LogMixin
 from .core.typing import CALLABLE_T, ChannelType, ZhaDeviceType
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .core.channels.base import ZigbeeChannel
+    from .core.device import ZHADevice
+
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 ENTITY_SUFFIX = "entity_suffix"
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ class BaseZhaEntity(LogMixin, entity.Entity):
 
     unique_id_suffix: str | None = None
 
-    def __init__(self, unique_id: str, zha_device: ZhaDeviceType, **kwargs) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, unique_id: str, zha_device: ZHADevice, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Init ZHA entity."""
         self._name: str = ""
         self._force_update: bool = False
@@ -53,9 +56,9 @@ class BaseZhaEntity(LogMixin, entity.Entity):
             self._unique_id += f"-{self.unique_id_suffix}"
         self._state: Any = None
         self._extra_state_attributes: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        self._zha_device: ZhaDeviceType = zha_device
+        self._zha_device = zha_device
         self._unsubs: list[CALLABLE_T] = []
-        self.remove_future: Awaitable[None] = None
+        self.remove_future: asyncio.Future[Any] = asyncio.Future()
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ class BaseZhaEntity(LogMixin, entity.Entity):
         return self._unique_id
 
     @property
-    def zha_device(self) -> ZhaDeviceType:
+    def zha_device(self) -> ZHADevice:
         """Return the zha device this entity is attached to."""
         return self._zha_device
 
@@ -159,9 +162,9 @@ class ZhaEntity(BaseZhaEntity, RestoreEntity):
     def __init__(
         self,
         unique_id: str,
-        zha_device: ZhaDeviceType,
-        channels: list[ChannelType],
-        **kwargs,
+        zha_device: ZHADevice,
+        channels: list[ZigbeeChannel],
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """Init ZHA entity."""
         super().__init__(unique_id, zha_device, **kwargs)
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ class ZhaEntity(BaseZhaEntity, RestoreEntity):
         self._name: str = f"{zha_device.name} {ieeetail} {ch_names}"
         if self.unique_id_suffix:
             self._name += f" {self.unique_id_suffix}"
-        self.cluster_channels: dict[str, ChannelType] = {}
+        self.cluster_channels: dict[str, ZigbeeChannel] = {}
         for channel in channels:
             self.cluster_channels[channel.name] = channel