diff --git a/stubs/assertpy/assertpy/string.pyi b/stubs/assertpy/assertpy/string.pyi
index c7e978309..4b6c6717c 100644
--- a/stubs/assertpy/assertpy/string.pyi
+++ b/stubs/assertpy/assertpy/string.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from re import Pattern
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
 unicode = str
@@ -9,8 +8,8 @@ class StringMixin:
     def contains_ignoring_case(self, *items: str) -> Self: ...
     def starts_with(self, prefix: str) -> Self: ...
     def ends_with(self, suffix: str) -> Self: ...
-    def matches(self, pattern: Pattern[str]) -> Self: ...
-    def does_not_match(self, pattern: Pattern[str]) -> Self: ...
+    def matches(self, pattern: str) -> Self: ...
+    def does_not_match(self, pattern: str) -> Self: ...
     def is_alpha(self) -> Self: ...
     def is_digit(self) -> Self: ...
     def is_lower(self) -> Self: ...