diff --git a/homeassistant/components/lutron/light.py b/homeassistant/components/lutron/light.py
index 49681392331c..30d7c5efcb02 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/lutron/light.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/lutron/light.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class LutronLight(LutronDevice, LightEntity):
             if ATTR_TRANSITION in kwargs:
                 args["fade_time_seconds"] = kwargs[ATTR_TRANSITION]
             self._lutron_device.set_level(**args)
+            # Publish now rather than waiting for the controller to report back.
+            self._publish_level()
 
     @override
     def turn_off(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
@@ -104,6 +106,18 @@ class LutronLight(LutronDevice, LightEntity):
         if ATTR_TRANSITION in kwargs:
             args["fade_time_seconds"] = kwargs[ATTR_TRANSITION]
         self._lutron_device.set_level(**args)
+        self._publish_level()
+
+    def _publish_level(self) -> None:
+        """Publish the device's current level without waiting for a report.
+
+        Reads `last_level()` like `_update_callback` does, so a report that
+        lands around the same time cannot be overwritten by a separately held
+        assumed value -- whichever reached the library last is what gets
+        published.
+        """
+        self._update_attrs()
+        self.schedule_update_ha_state()
 
     @property
     @override
diff --git a/tests/components/lutron/conftest.py b/tests/components/lutron/conftest.py
index 1aa71ba59b4d..bdac43e7e8b0 100644
--- a/tests/components/lutron/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/lutron/conftest.py
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ def mock_lutron() -> Generator[MagicMock]:
         light.is_dimmable = True
         light.type = "LIGHT"
         light.last_level.return_value = 0
+
+        # pylutron's Output.set_level() stores the new level, which last_level()
+        # then returns. Mirror that so the mock behaves like the library.
+        def _set_level(new_level, fade_time_seconds=None):
+            light.last_level.return_value = new_level
+
+        light.set_level.side_effect = _set_level
         area.outputs.append(light)
 
         # Mock a switch
diff --git a/tests/components/lutron/test_light.py b/tests/components/lutron/test_light.py
index 8999004090a9..6830a9134005 100644
--- a/tests/components/lutron/test_light.py
+++ b/tests/components/lutron/test_light.py
@@ -226,3 +226,79 @@ async def test_light_brightness_restore(
     )
     # HA level 127 -> Lutron level ~49.8
     light.set_level.assert_called_with(new_level=pytest.approx(50.0, abs=0.5))
+
+
+async def test_light_state_published_without_waiting_for_a_report(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_lutron: MagicMock, mock_config_entry: MockConfigEntry
+) -> None:
+    """State follows the command without waiting for the controller to report.
+
+    The subscription still delivers the authoritative value later, but it can
+    be slow, and on a HomeWorks QS system driven by keypad scenes it never
+    arrives for zone levels at all.
+    """
+    mock_config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    light = mock_lutron.areas[0].outputs[0]
+    light.last_level.return_value = 0
+
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    entity_id = "light.test_area_test_light"
+    assert hass.states.get(entity_id).state == STATE_OFF
+
+    # No callback is fired here: nothing reports the change back.
+    await hass.services.async_call(
+        LIGHT_DOMAIN,
+        SERVICE_TURN_ON,
+        {ATTR_ENTITY_ID: entity_id, ATTR_BRIGHTNESS: 128},
+        blocking=True,
+    )
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    state = hass.states.get(entity_id)
+    assert state.state == STATE_ON
+    assert state.attributes[ATTR_BRIGHTNESS] == 128
+
+    await hass.services.async_call(
+        LIGHT_DOMAIN,
+        SERVICE_TURN_OFF,
+        {ATTR_ENTITY_ID: entity_id},
+        blocking=True,
+    )
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    assert hass.states.get(entity_id).state == STATE_OFF
+
+
+async def test_a_later_report_wins_over_the_commanded_value(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_lutron: MagicMock, mock_config_entry: MockConfigEntry
+) -> None:
+    """The controller remains authoritative when it does report."""
+    mock_config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    light = mock_lutron.areas[0].outputs[0]
+    light.last_level.return_value = 0
+
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    entity_id = "light.test_area_test_light"
+
+    await hass.services.async_call(
+        LIGHT_DOMAIN,
+        SERVICE_TURN_ON,
+        {ATTR_ENTITY_ID: entity_id, ATTR_BRIGHTNESS: 128},
+        blocking=True,
+    )
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    assert hass.states.get(entity_id).attributes[ATTR_BRIGHTNESS] == 128
+
+    # The controller says the zone actually landed on 100%.
+    light.last_level.return_value = 100
+    callback = light.subscribe.call_args[0][0]
+    callback(light, None, None, None)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    assert hass.states.get(entity_id).attributes[ATTR_BRIGHTNESS] == 255