diff --git a/.build/images/dietpi-build b/.build/images/dietpi-build
index ebd782a17a..d8bd5a57a2 100755
--- a/.build/images/dietpi-build
+++ b/.build/images/dietpi-build
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ case $DISTRO in
 	6) distro='bullseye' exclude=',gcc-8-base,gcc-9-base';;
 	7|8)
 		exclude=',gcc-8-base,gcc-9-base,gcc-10-base,gcc-11-base'
-		[[ $DISTRO == 7 ]] && distro='bookworm' || distro='trixie' exclude+=',gcc-12-base'
+		[[ $DISTRO == 7 ]] && distro='bookworm' || distro='trixie' exclude+=',gcc-12-base,gcc-13-base'
 		[[ $HW_ARCH == 11 ]] && distro='sid' # RISC-V architecture is available on Sid only
 		# Raise root size where required
 		case $HW_MODEL in
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 8c2851d212..46d6d82b73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ New images:
 Enhancements:
 - DietPi-Software | Domoticz: Enabled for x86_64 Bookworm and Trixie systems, since the latest x86_64 builds were compiled against libssl3.
 - DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Along with a regular update, RISC-V support has been added.
+- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: The Python version installed with Home Assistant has been raised to 3.12.1, to align with official appliances. Many thanks to @whyisthisbroken for making us aware if it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6906
 
 Bug fixes:
 - DietPi-Software | Mosquitto: Resolved an issue where the global software password was accidentally applied as username instead of as password: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6886
diff --git a/dietpi/dietpi-software b/dietpi/dietpi-software
index 000f7870f0..13d76e8c9d 100755
--- a/dietpi/dietpi-software
+++ b/dietpi/dietpi-software
@@ -11188,7 +11188,7 @@ _EOF_
 			local ha_user='homeassistant'
 			local ha_home="/home/$ha_user"
 			local ha_pyenv_activation=". $ha_home/pyenv-activate.sh"
-			local ha_python_version='3.11.6' # https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/tree/master/plugins/python-build/share/python-build
+			local ha_python_version='3.12.1' # https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/tree/master/plugins/python-build/share/python-build
 
 			G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 "Home Assistant user:  $ha_user"
 			G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 "Home Assistant home:  $ha_home"