diff --git a/stdlib/urllib/parse.pyi b/stdlib/urllib/parse.pyi
index 207a05e75..02e2774b3 100644
--- a/stdlib/urllib/parse.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/urllib/parse.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
-from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import Any, AnyStr, Generic, NamedTuple, overload
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
+from typing import Any, AnyStr, Generic, NamedTuple, TypeVar, overload
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
     from types import GenericAlias
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ def parse_qsl(
     separator: str = ...,
 ) -> list[tuple[AnyStr, AnyStr]]: ...
 @overload
-def quote(string: str, safe: str | bytes = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
+def quote(string: str, safe: str | Iterable[int] = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def quote(string: bytes, safe: str | bytes = ...) -> str: ...
-def quote_from_bytes(bs: bytes, safe: str | bytes = ...) -> str: ...
+def quote(string: bytes | bytearray, safe: str | Iterable[int] = ...) -> str: ...
+def quote_from_bytes(bs: bytes | bytearray, safe: str | Iterable[int] = ...) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def quote_plus(string: str, safe: str | bytes = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
+def quote_plus(string: str, safe: str | Iterable[int] = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def quote_plus(string: bytes, safe: str | bytes = ...) -> str: ...
+def quote_plus(string: bytes | bytearray, safe: str | Iterable[int] = ...) -> str: ...
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
     def unquote(string: str | bytes, encoding: str = ..., errors: str = ...) -> str: ...
@@ -152,24 +152,27 @@ def unquote_plus(string: str, encoding: str = ..., errors: str = ...) -> str: ..
 @overload
 def urldefrag(url: str) -> DefragResult: ...
 @overload
-def urldefrag(url: bytes | None) -> DefragResultBytes: ...
+def urldefrag(url: bytes | bytearray | None) -> DefragResultBytes: ...
+
+_Q = TypeVar("_Q", bound=str | Iterable[int])
+
 def urlencode(
     query: Mapping[Any, Any] | Mapping[Any, Sequence[Any]] | Sequence[tuple[Any, Any]] | Sequence[tuple[Any, Sequence[Any]]],
     doseq: bool = ...,
-    safe: str | bytes = ...,
+    safe: _Q = ...,
     encoding: str = ...,
     errors: str = ...,
-    quote_via: Callable[[AnyStr, str | bytes, str, str], str] = ...,
+    quote_via: Callable[[AnyStr, _Q, str, str], str] = ...,
 ) -> str: ...
 def urljoin(base: AnyStr, url: AnyStr | None, allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> AnyStr: ...
 @overload
 def urlparse(url: str, scheme: str | None = ..., allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> ParseResult: ...
 @overload
-def urlparse(url: bytes | None, scheme: bytes | None = ..., allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> ParseResultBytes: ...
+def urlparse(url: bytes | bytearray | None, scheme: bytes | None = ..., allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> ParseResultBytes: ...
 @overload
 def urlsplit(url: str, scheme: str | None = ..., allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> SplitResult: ...
 @overload
-def urlsplit(url: bytes | None, scheme: bytes | None = ..., allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> SplitResultBytes: ...
+def urlsplit(url: bytes | bytearray | None, scheme: bytes | None = ..., allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> SplitResultBytes: ...
 @overload
 def urlunparse(
     components: tuple[AnyStr | None, AnyStr | None, AnyStr | None, AnyStr | None, AnyStr | None, AnyStr | None]