diff --git a/stdlib/typing.pyi b/stdlib/typing.pyi
index 457ad21b72d2..f5473e450e66 100644
--- a/stdlib/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/typing.pyi
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ class AsyncIterable(Protocol[_T_co]):
 @runtime_checkable
 class AsyncIterator(AsyncIterable[_T_co], Protocol[_T_co]):
     @abstractmethod
-    async def __anext__(self) -> _T_co: ...
+    def __anext__(self) -> Awaitable[_T_co]: ...
     def __aiter__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T_co]: ...
 
 class AsyncGenerator(AsyncIterator[_T_co], Generic[_T_co, _T_contra]):