diff --git a/stubs/python-nmap/nmap/nmap.pyi b/stubs/python-nmap/nmap/nmap.pyi
index 740467d72e55..5ad0614d10dc 100644
--- a/stubs/python-nmap/nmap/nmap.pyi
+++ b/stubs/python-nmap/nmap/nmap.pyi
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class PortScanner:
         self,
         nmap_search_path: Iterable[str] = ("nmap", "/usr/bin/nmap", "/usr/local/bin/nmap", "/sw/bin/nmap", "/opt/local/bin/nmap"),
     ) -> None: ...
-    def get_nmap_last_output(self) -> str: ...
+    def get_nmap_last_output(self) -> str | bytes: ...
     def nmap_version(self) -> tuple[int, int]: ...
     def listscan(self, hosts: str = "127.0.0.1") -> list[str]: ...
     def scan(
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class PortScanner:
     ) -> _Result: ...
     def analyse_nmap_xml_scan(
         self,
-        nmap_xml_output: str | None = None,
+        nmap_xml_output: str | bytes | None = None,
         nmap_err: str = "",
         nmap_err_keep_trace: str = "",
         nmap_warn_keep_trace: str = "",