diff --git a/src/numpy-stubs/__init__.pyi b/src/numpy-stubs/__init__.pyi
index 703677d6..3526bb4a 100644
--- a/src/numpy-stubs/__init__.pyi
+++ b/src/numpy-stubs/__init__.pyi
@@ -5120,6 +5120,12 @@ class bytes_(character[bytes], bytes):
     def __bytes__(self, /) -> bytes: ...
 
 class str_(character[str], str):
+    @overload
+    def __new__(cls, value: object = ..., /) -> Self: ...
+    @overload
+    def __new__(cls, value: bytes, /, encoding: str = ..., errors: str = ...) -> Self: ...
+
+    #
     @overload
     def __init__(self, value: object = ..., /) -> None: ...
     @overload