diff --git a/esphome/components/pmwcs3/pmwcs3.h b/esphome/components/pmwcs3/pmwcs3.h
index 4ce4a5ce9c..8ca995fbe7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pmwcs3/pmwcs3.h
+++ b/esphome/components/pmwcs3/pmwcs3.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
 #include "esphome/components/i2c/i2c.h"
@@ -32,35 +31,4 @@ class PMWCS3Component final : public PollingComponent, public i2c::I2CDevice {
   sensor::Sensor *vwc_sensor_{nullptr};
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class PMWCS3AirCalibrationAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  PMWCS3AirCalibrationAction(PMWCS3Component *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->air_calibration(); }
-
- protected:
-  PMWCS3Component *parent_;
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class PMWCS3WaterCalibrationAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  PMWCS3WaterCalibrationAction(PMWCS3Component *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->water_calibration(); }
-
- protected:
-  PMWCS3Component *parent_;
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class PMWCS3NewI2cAddressAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  PMWCS3NewI2cAddressAction(PMWCS3Component *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
-  TEMPLATABLE_VALUE(int, new_address)
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->new_i2c_address(this->new_address_.value(x...)); }
-
- protected:
-  PMWCS3Component *parent_;
-};
-
 }  // namespace esphome::pmwcs3
diff --git a/esphome/components/pmwcs3/sensor.py b/esphome/components/pmwcs3/sensor.py
index 552cfafa04..19d0083fd0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pmwcs3/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/pmwcs3/sensor.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ from esphome.const import (
     ICON_THERMOMETER,
     STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT,
 )
-from esphome.core import ID
-from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj, TemplateArgsType
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@SeByDocKy"]
@@ -29,17 +27,6 @@ PMWCS3Component = pmwcs3_ns.class_(
     "PMWCS3Component", cg.PollingComponent, i2c.I2CDevice
 )
 
-# Actions
-PMWCS3AirCalibrationAction = pmwcs3_ns.class_(
-    "PMWCS3AirCalibrationAction", automation.Action
-)
-PMWCS3WaterCalibrationAction = pmwcs3_ns.class_(
-    "PMWCS3WaterCalibrationAction", automation.Action
-)
-PMWCS3NewI2cAddressAction = pmwcs3_ns.class_(
-    "PMWCS3NewI2cAddressAction", automation.Action
-)
-
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     cv.Schema(
         {
@@ -104,23 +91,18 @@ PMWCS3_CALIBRATION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     }
 )
 
-
-automation.register_simple_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "pmwcs3.air_calibration",
-    PMWCS3AirCalibrationAction,
     PMWCS3_CALIBRATION_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("air_calibration()"),
 )
 
-
-automation.register_simple_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "pmwcs3.water_calibration",
-    PMWCS3WaterCalibrationAction,
     PMWCS3_CALIBRATION_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("water_calibration()"),
 )
 
-
 PMWCS3_NEW_I2C_ADDRESS_SCHEMA = cv.maybe_simple_value(
     {
         cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(PMWCS3Component),
@@ -129,21 +111,8 @@ PMWCS3_NEW_I2C_ADDRESS_SCHEMA = cv.maybe_simple_value(
     key=CONF_ADDRESS,
 )
 
-
-@automation.register_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "pmwcs3.new_i2c_address",
-    PMWCS3NewI2cAddressAction,
     PMWCS3_NEW_I2C_ADDRESS_SCHEMA,
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyField(CONF_ADDRESS, "new_i2c_address", cg.uint8),
 )
-async def pmwcs3newi2caddress_to_code(
-    config: ConfigType,
-    action_id: ID,
-    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
-    args: TemplateArgsType,
-) -> MockObj:
-    parent = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, parent)
-    address = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_ADDRESS], args, cg.int_)
-    cg.add(var.set_new_address(address))
-    return var
diff --git a/tests/components/pmwcs3/common-actions.yaml b/tests/components/pmwcs3/common-actions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c87f4c8c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/pmwcs3/common-actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+button:
+  - platform: template
+    name: PMWCS3 Actions
+    on_press:
+      - pmwcs3.air_calibration:
+      - pmwcs3.water_calibration:
+      - pmwcs3.new_i2c_address: 0x64
+      - pmwcs3.new_i2c_address:
+          address: !lambda return 0x65;
diff --git a/tests/components/pmwcs3/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml b/tests/components/pmwcs3/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33c1f8a83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/pmwcs3/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+packages:
+  i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp8266-ard.yaml
+  pmwcs3: !include common.yaml
+  actions: !include common-actions.yaml