diff --git a/stdlib/posixpath.pyi b/stdlib/posixpath.pyi
index 45a8ad7ec6a4..29e7c0f01017 100644
--- a/stdlib/posixpath.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/posixpath.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 from _typeshed import AnyOrLiteralStr, BytesPath, FileDescriptorOrPath, StrOrBytesPath, StrPath
-from collections.abc import Sequence
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 from genericpath import (
     commonprefix as commonprefix,
     exists as exists,
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ def normpath(path: PathLike[AnyStr]) -> AnyStr: ...
 @overload
 def normpath(path: AnyOrLiteralStr) -> AnyOrLiteralStr: ...
 @overload
-def commonpath(paths: Sequence[LiteralString]) -> LiteralString: ...
+def commonpath(paths: Iterable[LiteralString]) -> LiteralString: ...
 @overload
-def commonpath(paths: Sequence[StrPath]) -> str: ...
+def commonpath(paths: Iterable[StrPath]) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def commonpath(paths: Sequence[BytesPath]) -> bytes: ...
+def commonpath(paths: Iterable[BytesPath]) -> bytes: ...
 
 # First parameter is not actually pos-only,
 # but must be defined as pos-only in the stub or cross-platform code doesn't type-check,