diff --git a/stdlib/typing.pyi b/stdlib/typing.pyi
index aafb1fbdf1b3..2eb4847d51bf 100644
--- a/stdlib/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/typing.pyi
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ class Match(Generic[AnyStr]):
     def group(self, __group: Union[str, int] = ...) -> AnyStr: ...
     @overload
     def group(self, __group1: Union[str, int], __group2: Union[str, int], *groups: Union[str, int]) -> Tuple[AnyStr, ...]: ...
-    def groups(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> Sequence[AnyStr]: ...
+    def groups(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> Sequence[Union[Any, AnyStr]]: ...
     def groupdict(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> dict[str, AnyStr]: ...
     def start(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
     def end(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...