diff --git a/stdlib/types.pyi b/stdlib/types.pyi
index fe443be27121..a1312447cb9e 100644
--- a/stdlib/types.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/types.pyi
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from collections.abc import (
     ValuesView,
 )
 from importlib.machinery import ModuleSpec
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Literal, TypeVar, final, overload
-from typing_extensions import ParamSpec, Self, TypeAliasType, TypeVarTuple, deprecated
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Generic, Literal, final, overload
+from typing_extensions import ParamSpec, Self, TypeAliasType, TypeVar, TypeVarTuple, deprecated
 
 __all__ = [
     "FunctionType",
@@ -642,14 +642,17 @@ def coroutine(func: Callable[_P, Generator[Any, Any, _R]]) -> Callable[_P, Await
 @overload
 def coroutine(func: _Fn) -> _Fn: ...
 
-class GenericAlias:
+# typically a type or type expression
+_OriginT_co = TypeVar("_OriginT_co", bound=type | TypeAliasType, default=type | TypeAliasType, covariant=True)
+
+class GenericAlias(Generic[_OriginT_co]):
     @property
-    def __origin__(self) -> type | TypeAliasType: ...
+    def __origin__(self) -> _OriginT_co: ...
     @property
     def __args__(self) -> tuple[Any, ...]: ...
     @property
     def __parameters__(self) -> tuple[Any, ...]: ...
-    def __new__(cls, origin: type, args: Any, /) -> Self: ...
+    def __new__(cls, origin: _OriginT_co, args: Any, /) -> Self: ...
     def __getitem__(self, typeargs: Any, /) -> GenericAlias: ...
     def __eq__(self, value: object, /) -> bool: ...
     def __hash__(self) -> int: ...