diff --git a/stdlib/telnetlib.pyi b/stdlib/telnetlib.pyi
index 294a1cb12..6b599256d 100644
--- a/stdlib/telnetlib.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/telnetlib.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import socket
-from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, MutableSequence, Sequence
 from re import Match, Pattern
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Telnet:
     def mt_interact(self) -> None: ...
     def listener(self) -> None: ...
     def expect(
-        self, list: Sequence[Pattern[bytes] | bytes], timeout: float | None = None
+        self, list: MutableSequence[Pattern[bytes] | bytes] | Sequence[Pattern[bytes]], timeout: float | None = None
     ) -> tuple[int, Match[bytes] | None, bytes]: ...
     def __enter__(self) -> Self: ...
     def __exit__(