diff --git a/script/determine-jobs.py b/script/determine-jobs.py
index a9c7b06360..e4d002975c 100755
--- a/script/determine-jobs.py
+++ b/script/determine-jobs.py
@@ -662,10 +662,11 @@ def should_run_benchmarks(branch: str | None = None) -> bool:
 
     Benchmarks run when any of the following conditions are met:
 
-    1. Core C++ files changed (esphome/core/*)
-    2. Top-level Python modules changed (esphome/*.py) — the Python
-       benchmarks exercise config loading (config.py, yaml_util.py, ...),
-       so a slowdown there is invisible unless the benchmarks job runs
+    1. Core files changed (esphome/core/*, C++ or Python)
+    2. Top-level Python files changed (esphome/*.py and esphome/*.pyi) —
+       the Python benchmarks exercise config loading (config.py,
+       yaml_util.py, ...), so a slowdown there is invisible unless the
+       benchmarks job runs
     3. The host platform changed (esphome/components/host/*) — benchmarks
        are built and run on the host platform, so its implementations of
        ``millis()``/``micros()``/etc. affect every benchmark
diff --git a/script/helpers.py b/script/helpers.py
index de2f16dbc3..7cc001d92f 100644
--- a/script/helpers.py
+++ b/script/helpers.py
@@ -1381,17 +1381,17 @@ def core_changed(files: list[str]) -> bool:
 
 
 def base_python_changed(files: list[str]) -> bool:
-    """Check if any Python module directly in esphome/ has changed.
+    """Check if any Python file directly in esphome/ has changed.
 
-    Matches top-level modules like esphome/config.py and esphome/yaml_util.py
-    but not files in subdirectories such as esphome/components/ or
-    esphome/dashboard/.
+    Matches top-level modules and stubs (.py and .pyi) like esphome/config.py
+    and esphome/yaml_util.py but not files in subdirectories such as
+    esphome/components/ or esphome/dashboard/.
 
     Args:
         files: List of file paths to check
 
     Returns:
-        True if any top-level esphome Python module has changed
+        True if any top-level esphome Python file has changed
     """
     return any(
         f.startswith("esphome/")