diff --git a/stdlib/filecmp.pyi b/stdlib/filecmp.pyi
index 620cc177a415..651fe2bd958b 100644
--- a/stdlib/filecmp.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/filecmp.pyi
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class dircmp(Generic[AnyStr]):
             ignore: Sequence[AnyStr] | None = None,
             hide: Sequence[AnyStr] | None = None,
         ) -> None: ...
-    left: AnyStr
-    right: AnyStr
+    left: GenericPath[AnyStr]
+    right: GenericPath[AnyStr]
     hide: Sequence[AnyStr]
     ignore: Sequence[AnyStr]
     # These properties are created at runtime by __getattr__