diff --git a/esphome/components/bthome/bthome.cpp b/esphome/components/bthome/bthome.cpp
index 378af93c7b..7270cf9733 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bthome/bthome.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/bthome/bthome.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_ESP_HOSTED_ENABLE_BT_BLUEDROID
 #include <esp_bt.h>
 #endif
+#include <esp_bt_device.h>
 #include <esp_bt_main.h>
 #include <esp_gap_ble_api.h>
 #include <freertos/FreeRTOS.h>
@@ -460,9 +461,8 @@ bool BTHome::encrypt_payload_(const uint8_t *plaintext, size_t plaintext_len, ui
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Get MAC address
-  uint8_t mac[6];
-  esp_read_mac(mac, ESP_MAC_BT);
+  // Get Bluetooth MAC address
+  const uint8_t *mac = esp_bt_dev_get_address();
 
   // Build nonce according to BTHome spec:
   // MAC (6 bytes) + UUID (2 bytes) + device info (1 byte) + counter (4 bytes) = 13 bytes
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index 16eab8b8f6..7a1a9a2901 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ template<typename T, size_t N> class StaticVector {
     }
   }
 
+  // Move version for types like unique_ptr
+  void push_back(T &&value) {
+    if (count_ < N) {
+      data_[count_++] = std::move(value);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Return reference to next element and increment count (with bounds checking)
   T &emplace_next() {
     if (count_ >= N) {
@@ -159,6 +166,8 @@ template<typename T, size_t N> class StaticVector {
     return data_[count_++];
   }
 
+  void clear() { count_ = 0; }
+
   size_t size() const { return count_; }
   bool empty() const { return count_ == 0; }