diff --git a/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/button.py b/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/button.py
index 648d489c625..69e7e1732b2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/button.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/button.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ VM_BUTTONS: tuple[ProxmoxVMButtonEntityDescription, ...] = (
     ProxmoxVMButtonEntityDescription(
         key="restart",
         press_action=lambda coordinator, node, vmid: (
-            coordinator.proxmox.nodes(node).qemu(vmid).status.restart.post()
+            coordinator.proxmox.nodes(node).qemu(vmid).status.reboot.post()
         ),
         entity_category=EntityCategory.CONFIG,
         device_class=ButtonDeviceClass.RESTART,
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ CONTAINER_BUTTONS: tuple[ProxmoxContainerButtonEntityDescription, ...] = (
     ProxmoxContainerButtonEntityDescription(
         key="restart",
         press_action=lambda coordinator, node, vmid: (
-            coordinator.proxmox.nodes(node).lxc(vmid).status.restart.post()
+            coordinator.proxmox.nodes(node).lxc(vmid).status.reboot.post()
         ),
         entity_category=EntityCategory.CONFIG,
         device_class=ButtonDeviceClass.RESTART,
diff --git a/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_button.py b/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_button.py
index 35f3bffbf56..4e34ba841ef 100644
--- a/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_button.py
+++ b/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_button.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async def test_node_startall_stopall_buttons(
     [
         ("button.vm_web_start", 100, "start"),
         ("button.vm_web_stop", 100, "stop"),
-        ("button.vm_web_restart", 100, "restart"),
+        ("button.vm_web_restart", 100, "reboot"),
         ("button.vm_web_hibernate", 100, "hibernate"),
         ("button.vm_web_reset", 100, "reset"),
     ],
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async def test_vm_buttons(
     [
         ("button.ct_nginx_start", 200, "start"),
         ("button.ct_nginx_stop", 200, "stop"),
-        ("button.ct_nginx_restart", 200, "restart"),
+        ("button.ct_nginx_restart", 200, "reboot"),
     ],
 )
 async def test_container_buttons(
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ async def test_vm_buttons_exceptions(
         (
             "button.ct_nginx_restart",
             200,
-            "restart",
+            "reboot",
             ConnectTimeout("timeout"),
         ),
         (