diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
index 69608c57c..6737912fc 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 import sys
 import types
-from _typeshed import StrOrBytesPath
+from _typeshed import (
+    OpenBinaryMode,
+    OpenBinaryModeReading,
+    OpenBinaryModeUpdating,
+    OpenBinaryModeWriting,
+    OpenTextMode,
+    StrOrBytesPath,
+    StrPath,
+)
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from importlib.machinery import ModuleSpec
-from typing import IO, Any, Iterator, Mapping, Protocol, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from io import BufferedRandom, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, FileIO, TextIOWrapper
+from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Iterator, Mapping, Protocol, Sequence, Tuple, Union, overload
 from typing_extensions import Literal, runtime_checkable
 
 _Path = Union[bytes, str]
@@ -84,22 +93,79 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
     @runtime_checkable
     class Traversable(Protocol):
-        @abstractmethod
-        def iterdir(self) -> Iterator[Traversable]: ...
-        @abstractmethod
-        def read_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
-        @abstractmethod
-        def read_text(self, encoding: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
         @abstractmethod
         def is_dir(self) -> bool: ...
         @abstractmethod
         def is_file(self) -> bool: ...
         @abstractmethod
-        def joinpath(self, child: _Path) -> Traversable: ...
+        def iterdir(self) -> Iterator[Traversable]: ...
         @abstractmethod
-        def __truediv__(self, child: _Path) -> Traversable: ...
+        def joinpath(self, child: StrPath) -> Traversable: ...
+        # The .open method comes from pathlib.pyi and should be kept in sync.
+        @overload
         @abstractmethod
-        def open(self, mode: Literal["r", "rb"] = ..., *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> IO[Any]: ...
+        def open(
+            self,
+            mode: OpenTextMode = ...,
+            buffering: int = ...,
+            encoding: str | None = ...,
+            errors: str | None = ...,
+            newline: str | None = ...,
+        ) -> TextIOWrapper: ...
+        # Unbuffered binary mode: returns a FileIO
+        @overload
+        @abstractmethod
+        def open(
+            self, mode: OpenBinaryMode, buffering: Literal[0], encoding: None = ..., errors: None = ..., newline: None = ...
+        ) -> FileIO: ...
+        # Buffering is on: return BufferedRandom, BufferedReader, or BufferedWriter
+        @overload
+        @abstractmethod
+        def open(
+            self,
+            mode: OpenBinaryModeUpdating,
+            buffering: Literal[-1, 1] = ...,
+            encoding: None = ...,
+            errors: None = ...,
+            newline: None = ...,
+        ) -> BufferedRandom: ...
+        @overload
+        @abstractmethod
+        def open(
+            self,
+            mode: OpenBinaryModeWriting,
+            buffering: Literal[-1, 1] = ...,
+            encoding: None = ...,
+            errors: None = ...,
+            newline: None = ...,
+        ) -> BufferedWriter: ...
+        @overload
+        @abstractmethod
+        def open(
+            self,
+            mode: OpenBinaryModeReading,
+            buffering: Literal[-1, 1] = ...,
+            encoding: None = ...,
+            errors: None = ...,
+            newline: None = ...,
+        ) -> BufferedReader: ...
+        # Buffering cannot be determined: fall back to BinaryIO
+        @overload
+        @abstractmethod
+        def open(
+            self, mode: OpenBinaryMode, buffering: int, encoding: None = ..., errors: None = ..., newline: None = ...
+        ) -> BinaryIO: ...
+        # Fallback if mode is not specified
+        @overload
+        @abstractmethod
+        def open(
+            self, mode: str, buffering: int = ..., encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ..., newline: str | None = ...
+        ) -> IO[Any]: ...
         @property
-        @abstractmethod
         def name(self) -> str: ...
+        @abstractmethod
+        def __truediv__(self, key: StrPath) -> Traversable: ...
+        @abstractmethod
+        def read_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
+        @abstractmethod
+        def read_text(self, encoding: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
diff --git a/stdlib/pathlib.pyi b/stdlib/pathlib.pyi
index db1dff36b..e8577ebc1 100644
--- a/stdlib/pathlib.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/pathlib.pyi
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class Path(PurePath):
     def mkdir(self, mode: int = ..., parents: bool = ..., exist_ok: bool = ...) -> None: ...
     # Adapted from builtins.open
     # Text mode: always returns a TextIOWrapper
+    # The Traversable .open in stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi should be kept in sync with this.
     @overload
     def open(
         self,