diff --git a/stdlib/xml/sax/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/xml/sax/__init__.pyi
index f726eae05..d2d6f12d4 100644
--- a/stdlib/xml/sax/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/xml/sax/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import sys
 from _typeshed import ReadableBuffer, StrPath, SupportsRead, _T_co
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from typing import Any, NoReturn, Protocol
+from typing import Protocol
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+from xml.sax._exceptions import (
+    SAXException as SAXException,
+    SAXNotRecognizedException as SAXNotRecognizedException,
+    SAXNotSupportedException as SAXNotSupportedException,
+    SAXParseException as SAXParseException,
+    SAXReaderNotAvailable as SAXReaderNotAvailable,
+)
 from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler as ContentHandler, ErrorHandler as ErrorHandler
-from xml.sax.xmlreader import Locator, XMLReader
+from xml.sax.xmlreader import XMLReader
 
 class _SupportsReadClose(SupportsRead[_T_co], Protocol[_T_co]):
     def close(self) -> None: ...
@@ -14,23 +21,6 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
 else:
     _Source: TypeAlias = str | _SupportsReadClose[bytes] | _SupportsReadClose[str]
 
-class SAXException(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, msg: str, exception: Exception | None = None) -> None: ...
-    def getMessage(self) -> str: ...
-    def getException(self) -> Exception: ...
-    def __getitem__(self, ix: Any) -> NoReturn: ...
-
-class SAXParseException(SAXException):
-    def __init__(self, msg: str, exception: Exception | None, locator: Locator) -> None: ...
-    def getColumnNumber(self) -> int: ...
-    def getLineNumber(self) -> int: ...
-    def getPublicId(self): ...
-    def getSystemId(self): ...
-
-class SAXNotRecognizedException(SAXException): ...
-class SAXNotSupportedException(SAXException): ...
-class SAXReaderNotAvailable(SAXNotSupportedException): ...
-
 default_parser_list: list[str]
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
diff --git a/stdlib/xml/sax/_exceptions.pyi b/stdlib/xml/sax/_exceptions.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a437a971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/xml/sax/_exceptions.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from typing import NoReturn
+from xml.sax.xmlreader import Locator
+
+class SAXException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, msg: str, exception: Exception | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def getMessage(self) -> str: ...
+    def getException(self) -> Exception: ...
+    def __getitem__(self, ix: object) -> NoReturn: ...
+
+class SAXParseException(SAXException):
+    def __init__(self, msg: str, exception: Exception | None, locator: Locator) -> None: ...
+    def getColumnNumber(self) -> int: ...
+    def getLineNumber(self) -> int: ...
+    def getPublicId(self): ...
+    def getSystemId(self): ...
+
+class SAXNotRecognizedException(SAXException): ...
+class SAXNotSupportedException(SAXException): ...
+class SAXReaderNotAvailable(SAXNotSupportedException): ...