diff --git a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
index e47c5f7d66c..0be11dfff97 100644
--- a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
+++ b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 aiodhcpwatcher==1.2.0
 aiodiscover==2.7.0
 aiodns==3.5.0
-aiofiles==24.1.0
 aiohasupervisor==0.3.1
 aiohttp-asyncmdnsresolver==0.1.1
 aiohttp-fast-zlib==0.3.0
@@ -201,6 +200,14 @@ tenacity!=8.4.0
 # TypeError: 'Timeout' object does not support the context manager protocol
 async-timeout==4.0.3
 
+# aiofiles keeps getting downgraded by custom components
+# causing newer methods to not be available and breaking
+# some integrations at startup
+# https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/127529
+# https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/122508
+# https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/118004
+aiofiles>=24.1.0
+
 # multidict < 6.4.0 has memory leaks
 # https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/1134
 # https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/1131
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7ac7476d1b..995308bbf0d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.13.2"
 dependencies = [
   "aiodns==3.5.0",
-  "aiofiles==24.1.0",
   # Integrations may depend on hassio integration without listing it to
   # change behavior based on presence of supervisor. Deprecated with #127228
   # Lib can be removed with 2025.11
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 39ec6dd87dd..687e5584355 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 # Home Assistant Core
 aiodns==3.5.0
-aiofiles==24.1.0
 aiohasupervisor==0.3.1
 aiohttp==3.12.13
 aiohttp_cors==0.8.1
diff --git a/script/gen_requirements_all.py b/script/gen_requirements_all.py
index 2e3ecccf5d2..005d97175a7 100755
--- a/script/gen_requirements_all.py
+++ b/script/gen_requirements_all.py
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ tenacity!=8.4.0
 # TypeError: 'Timeout' object does not support the context manager protocol
 async-timeout==4.0.3
 
+# aiofiles keeps getting downgraded by custom components
+# causing newer methods to not be available and breaking
+# some integrations at startup
+# https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/127529
+# https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/122508
+# https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/118004
+aiofiles>=24.1.0
+
 # multidict < 6.4.0 has memory leaks
 # https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/1134
 # https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/1131