diff --git a/esphome/automation.py b/esphome/automation.py
index 97d9a0a47a8..20eb9358cad 100644
--- a/esphome/automation.py
+++ b/esphome/automation.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ async def component_resume_action_to_code(
     comp = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, comp)
     if CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL in config:
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL], args, int)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL], args, cg.uint32)
         cg.add(var.set_update_interval(template_))
     return var