diff --git a/stdlib/enum.pyi b/stdlib/enum.pyi
index a7c84c5b1..beafeb12d 100644
--- a/stdlib/enum.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/enum.pyi
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ class Enum(metaclass=EnumMeta):
     def _missing_(cls, value: object) -> Any: ...
     @staticmethod
     def _generate_next_value_(name: str, start: int, count: int, last_values: list[Any]) -> Any: ...
-    def __new__(cls: type[Self], value: Any) -> Self: ...
+    # It's not true that `__new__` will accept any argument type,
+    # so ideally we'd use `Any` to indicate that the argument type is inexpressible.
+    # However, using `Any` causes too many false-positives for those using mypy's `--disallow-any-expr`
+    # (see #7752, #2539, mypy/#5788),
+    # and in practice using `object` here has the same effect as using `Any`.
+    def __new__(cls: type[Self], value: object) -> Self: ...
     def __dir__(self) -> list[str]: ...
     def __format__(self, format_spec: str) -> str: ...
     def __hash__(self) -> Any: ...