diff --git a/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/__init__.pyi b/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/__init__.pyi
index 6c2738c15c24..3be071ce3c39 100644
--- a/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-from _typeshed import SupportsWrite
+from _typeshed import StrOrBytesPath, StrPath, SupportsWrite
 from typing import Final
 
 from . import timemachine as timemachine
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ FILE_FORMAT_DESCRIPTIONS: Final[dict[str, str]]
 ZIP_SIGNATURE: Final[bytes]
 PEEK_SIZE: Final[int]
 
-def inspect_format(path: str | None = None, content: bytes | None = None) -> str | None: ...
+def inspect_format(path: StrPath | None = None, content: bytes | None = None) -> str | None: ...
 def open_workbook(
-    filename: str | None = None,
+    filename: StrOrBytesPath | None = None,
     logfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout,
     verbosity: int = 0,
     use_mmap: bool = True,
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ def open_workbook(
     ragged_rows: bool = False,
     ignore_workbook_corruption: bool = False,
 ) -> Book: ...
-def dump(filename: str, outfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout, unnumbered: bool = False) -> None: ...
-def count_records(filename: str, outfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout) -> None: ...
+def dump(filename: StrOrBytesPath, outfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout, unnumbered: bool = False) -> None: ...
+def count_records(filename: StrOrBytesPath, outfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/book.pyi b/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/book.pyi
index 35819e83e79f..fddb18b1f983 100644
--- a/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/book.pyi
+++ b/stubs/xlrd/xlrd/book.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-from _typeshed import SupportsWrite
+from _typeshed import StrOrBytesPath, SupportsWrite
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Final, Literal
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ builtin_name_from_code: Final[dict[str, str]]
 code_from_builtin_name: Final[dict[str, str]]
 
 def open_workbook_xls(
-    filename: str | None = None,
+    filename: StrOrBytesPath | None = None,
     logfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout,
     verbosity: int = 0,
     use_mmap: bool = True,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Book(BaseObject):
     base: int
     def biff2_8_load(
         self,
-        filename: str | None = None,
+        filename: StrOrBytesPath | None = None,
         file_contents: bytes | None = None,
         logfile: SupportsWrite[str] = sys.stdout,
         verbosity: int = 0,