diff --git a/stdlib/xml/dom/minicompat.pyi b/stdlib/xml/dom/minicompat.pyi
index 4507b3d98..4d83bef02 100644
--- a/stdlib/xml/dom/minicompat.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/xml/dom/minicompat.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from typing import Any, TypeVar
+from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 __all__ = ["NodeList", "EmptyNodeList", "StringTypes", "defproperty"]
 
@@ -8,11 +9,13 @@ _T = TypeVar("_T")
 StringTypes: tuple[type[str]]
 
 class NodeList(list[_T]):
-    length: int
+    @property
+    def length(self) -> int: ...
     def item(self, index: int) -> _T | None: ...
 
-class EmptyNodeList(tuple[Any, ...]):
-    length: int
+class EmptyNodeList(tuple[()]):
+    @property
+    def length(self) -> Literal[0]: ...
     def item(self, index: int) -> None: ...
     def __add__(self, other: Iterable[_T]) -> NodeList[_T]: ...  # type: ignore[override]
     def __radd__(self, other: Iterable[_T]) -> NodeList[_T]: ...