diff --git a/stdlib/asyncio/base_events.pyi b/stdlib/asyncio/base_events.pyi
index c2ad4a609..4c171f0ce 100644
--- a/stdlib/asyncio/base_events.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/asyncio/base_events.pyi
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class BaseEventLoop(AbstractEventLoop, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     def create_future(self) -> Future[Any]: ...
     # Tasks methods
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-        def create_task(self, coro: Union[Awaitable[_T], Generator[Any, None, _T]], *, name: Optional[str] = ...) -> Task[_T]: ...
+        def create_task(self, coro: Union[Awaitable[_T], Generator[Any, None, _T]], *, name: object = ...) -> Task[_T]: ...
     else:
         def create_task(self, coro: Union[Awaitable[_T], Generator[Any, None, _T]]) -> Task[_T]: ...
     def set_task_factory(