diff --git a/stdlib/pathlib.pyi b/stdlib/pathlib.pyi
index 4adfc233301b..79c2352a0f85 100644
--- a/stdlib/pathlib.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/pathlib.pyi
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ from _typeshed import (
     OpenBinaryModeUpdating,
     OpenBinaryModeWriting,
     OpenTextMode,
+    ReadableBuffer,
     Self,
+    StrOrBytesPath,
     StrPath,
 )
 from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterator, Sequence
@@ -188,16 +190,16 @@ class Path(PurePath):
     def expanduser(self: Self) -> Self: ...
     def read_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
     def read_text(self, encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
-    def samefile(self, other_path: str | bytes | int | Path) -> bool: ...
-    def write_bytes(self, data: bytes) -> int: ...
+    def samefile(self, other_path: StrPath) -> bool: ...
+    def write_bytes(self, data: ReadableBuffer) -> int: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
         def write_text(
             self, data: str, encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ..., newline: str | None = ...
         ) -> int: ...
     else:
         def write_text(self, data: str, encoding: str | None = ..., errors: str | None = ...) -> int: ...
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-        def link_to(self, target: StrPath | bytes) -> None: ...
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 8) and sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+        def link_to(self, target: StrOrBytesPath) -> None: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 12):
         def walk(
             self: Self, top_down: bool = ..., on_error: Callable[[OSError], object] | None = ..., follow_symlinks: bool = ...