diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/readers.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/readers.pyi
index 4a6c73921535..0e7f7ce165c3 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/readers.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/readers.pyi
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
         def is_file(self) -> Literal[False]: ...
 
         if sys.version_info >= (3, 12):
-            def joinpath(self, *descendants: str) -> abc.Traversable: ...
+            def joinpath(self, *descendants: StrPath) -> abc.Traversable: ...
         elif sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
-            def joinpath(self, child: str) -> abc.Traversable: ...  # type: ignore[override]
+            def joinpath(self, child: StrPath) -> abc.Traversable: ...  # type: ignore[override]
         else:
             def joinpath(self, child: str) -> abc.Traversable: ...
 
diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi
index 80d92a608604..9be594a7dc2f 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/resources/abc.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import sys
+from _typeshed import StrPath
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from io import BufferedReader
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
         @abstractmethod
         def iterdir(self) -> Iterator[Traversable]: ...
         @abstractmethod
-        def joinpath(self, *descendants: str) -> Traversable: ...
+        def joinpath(self, *descendants: StrPath) -> Traversable: ...
 
         # The documentation and runtime protocol allows *args, **kwargs arguments,
         # but this would mean that all implementers would have to support them,
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
         @property
         @abstractmethod
         def name(self) -> str: ...
-        def __truediv__(self, child: str, /) -> Traversable: ...
+        def __truediv__(self, child: StrPath, /) -> Traversable: ...
         @abstractmethod
         def read_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
         @abstractmethod
diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/resources/simple.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/resources/simple.pyi
index c4c758111c2d..946987c7312f 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/resources/simple.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/resources/simple.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import abc
 import sys
+from _typeshed import StrPath
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from io import TextIOWrapper
 from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Literal, NoReturn, overload
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
         def iterdir(self) -> Iterator[ResourceHandle | ResourceContainer]: ...
         def open(self, *args: Never, **kwargs: Never) -> NoReturn: ...  # type: ignore[override]
         if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-            def joinpath(self, *descendants: str) -> Traversable: ...
+            def joinpath(self, *descendants: StrPath) -> Traversable: ...
 
     class TraversableReader(TraversableResources, SimpleReader, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         def files(self) -> ResourceContainer: ...