diff --git a/stdlib/subprocess.pyi b/stdlib/subprocess.pyi
index 552f2b22f..83178e15d 100644
--- a/stdlib/subprocess.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/subprocess.pyi
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ class Popen(Generic[AnyStr]):
     stdout: IO[AnyStr] | None
     stderr: IO[AnyStr] | None
     pid: int
-    returncode: int
+    returncode: int | Any
     universal_newlines: bool
 
     # Technically it is wrong that Popen provides __new__ instead of __init__