diff --git a/stdlib/zipfile.pyi b/stdlib/zipfile.pyi
index 1f7493c9c..92f1dc49a 100644
--- a/stdlib/zipfile.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/zipfile.pyi
@@ -222,10 +222,11 @@ class ZipInfo:
     def is_dir(self) -> bool: ...
     def FileHeader(self, zip64: bool | None = None) -> bytes: ...
 
-class _PathOpenProtocol(Protocol):
-    def __call__(self, mode: _ReadWriteMode = "r", pwd: bytes | None = ..., *, force_zip64: bool = ...) -> IO[bytes]: ...
-
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        class _PathOpenProtocol(Protocol):
+            def __call__(self, mode: _ReadWriteMode = "r", pwd: bytes | None = ..., *, force_zip64: bool = ...) -> IO[bytes]: ...
+
     class Path:
         @property
         def name(self) -> str: ...