diff --git a/stdlib/unittest/mock.pyi b/stdlib/unittest/mock.pyi
index aca331a4c..400bdaac3 100644
--- a/stdlib/unittest/mock.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/unittest/mock.pyi
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class _patcher:
     @overload
     def __call__(  # type: ignore[misc]
         self,
-        target: Any,
+        target: str,
         new: _T,
         spec: Any | None = ...,
         create: bool = ...,
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class _patcher:
     @overload
     def __call__(
         self,
-        target: Any,
+        target: str,
         *,
         spec: Any | None = ...,
         create: bool = ...,