diff --git a/esphome/components/apds9960/apds9960.cpp b/esphome/components/apds9960/apds9960.cpp
index 260de82d14..a07175f2c9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/apds9960/apds9960.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/apds9960/apds9960.cpp
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ void APDS9960::read_gesture_data_() {
 
   uint8_t buf[128];
   for (uint8_t pos = 0; pos < fifo_level * 4; pos += 32) {
-    // The ESP's i2c driver has a limited buffer size.
-    // This way of retrieving the data should be wrong according to the datasheet
-    // but it seems to work.
+    // Read in 32-byte chunks due to ESP8266 I2C buffer limit.
+    // Always read from 0xFC — the FIFO auto-increments through 0xFC-0xFF
+    // and advances its internal pointer after every 4th byte.
     uint8_t read = std::min(32, fifo_level * 4 - pos);
-    APDS9960_WARNING_CHECK(this->read_bytes(0xFC + pos, buf + pos, read), "Reading FIFO buffer failed.");
+    APDS9960_WARNING_CHECK(this->read_bytes(0xFC, buf + pos, read), "Reading FIFO buffer failed.");
   }
 
   if (millis() - this->gesture_start_ > 500) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/tc74/tc74.cpp b/esphome/components/tc74/tc74.cpp
index 969ef3671e..cb58e583dc 100644
--- a/esphome/components/tc74/tc74.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/tc74/tc74.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ void TC74Component::read_temperature_() {
     }
   }
 
-  uint8_t temperature_reg;
-  if (this->read_register(TC74_REGISTER_TEMPERATURE, &temperature_reg, 1) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
+  int8_t temperature_reg;
+  if (this->read_register(TC74_REGISTER_TEMPERATURE, reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(&temperature_reg), 1) !=
+      i2c::ERROR_OK) {
     this->status_set_warning();
     return;
   }