diff --git a/stdlib/re.pyi b/stdlib/re.pyi
index f0a892c797e9..42eb751498c0 100644
--- a/stdlib/re.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/re.pyi
@@ -339,7 +339,11 @@ def subn(
     flags: _FlagsType = 0,
 ) -> tuple[bytes, int]: ...
 
+@overload
 def escape(pattern: AnyStr) -> AnyStr: ...
+@overload
+def escape(pattern: ReadableBuffer) -> bytes: ...
+
 def purge() -> None: ...
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 13):