diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/api.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/api.py
index c42384682da1e7..faf8ccc5053211 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/api.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/api.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def _cv_cluster_binding(value: dict[str, Any]) -> ClusterBinding:
     vol.Schema(
         {
             vol.Required(ATTR_IEEE): IEEE_SCHEMA,
-            vol.Required(ATTR_ENDPOINT_ID): int,
+            vol.Required(ATTR_ENDPOINT_ID): vol.Coerce(int),
         }
     ),
     _cv_group_member,
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ def _cv_cluster_binding(value: dict[str, Any]) -> ClusterBinding:
         {
             vol.Required(ATTR_NAME): cv.string,
             vol.Required(ATTR_TYPE): cv.string,
-            vol.Required(ATTR_ID): int,
-            vol.Required(ATTR_ENDPOINT_ID): int,
+            vol.Required(ATTR_ID): vol.Coerce(int),
+            vol.Required(ATTR_ENDPOINT_ID): vol.Coerce(int),
         }
     ),
     _cv_cluster_binding,
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/device.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/device.py
index e80a0725cc1275..41d90b48869d72 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/device.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/device.py
@@ -661,7 +661,11 @@ async def issue_cluster_command(
     async def async_add_to_group(self, group_id: int) -> None:
         """Add this device to the provided zigbee group."""
         try:
-            await self._zigpy_device.add_to_group(group_id)
+            # A group name is required. However, the spec also explicitly states that
+            # the group name can be ignored by the receiving device if a device cannot
+            # store it, so we cannot rely on it existing after being written. This is
+            # only done to make the ZCL command valid.
+            await self._zigpy_device.add_to_group(group_id, name=f"0x{group_id:04X}")
         except (zigpy.exceptions.ZigbeeException, asyncio.TimeoutError) as ex:
             self.debug(
                 "Failed to add device '%s' to group: 0x%04x ex: %s",
@@ -687,7 +691,9 @@ async def async_add_endpoint_to_group(
     ) -> None:
         """Add the device endpoint to the provided zigbee group."""
         try:
-            await self._zigpy_device.endpoints[endpoint_id].add_to_group(group_id)
+            await self._zigpy_device.endpoints[endpoint_id].add_to_group(
+                group_id, name=f"0x{group_id:04X}"
+            )
         except (zigpy.exceptions.ZigbeeException, asyncio.TimeoutError) as ex:
             self.debug(
                 "Failed to add endpoint: %s for device: '%s' to group: 0x%04x ex: %s",
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/group.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/group.py
index af17f28e622e8d..1392041c4d4134 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/group.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/group.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
-import collections
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple
 
@@ -30,9 +29,12 @@ class GroupMember(NamedTuple):
     endpoint_id: int
 
 
-GroupEntityReference = collections.namedtuple(
-    "GroupEntityReference", "name original_name entity_id"
-)
+class GroupEntityReference(NamedTuple):
+    """Reference to a group entity."""
+
+    name: str
+    original_name: str
+    entity_id: int
 
 
 class ZHAGroupMember(LogMixin):