diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/buffered_pipe.pyi b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/buffered_pipe.pyi
index 558df9d30549..223759309f75 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/buffered_pipe.pyi
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/buffered_pipe.pyi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class BufferedPipe(Generic[AnyStr]):
     def set_event(self, event: Event) -> None: ...
     def feed(self, data: AnyStr) -> None: ...
     def read_ready(self) -> bool: ...
-    def read(self, nbytes: int, timeout: float | None = None) -> AnyStr: ...
-    def empty(self) -> AnyStr: ...
+    def read(self, nbytes: int, timeout: float | None = None) -> bytes: ...
+    def empty(self) -> bytes: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
     def __len__(self) -> int: ...
diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/channel.pyi b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/channel.pyi
index 0d8482db0556..42a8e5cbaa8c 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/channel.pyi
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/channel.pyi
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Channel(ClosingContextManager):
     def settimeout(self, timeout: float | None) -> None: ...
     def gettimeout(self) -> float | None: ...
     def setblocking(self, blocking: bool | Literal[0, 1]) -> None: ...
-    def getpeername(self) -> str: ...
+    def getpeername(self) -> tuple[str, int]: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
     def recv_ready(self) -> bool: ...
     def recv(self, nbytes: int) -> bytes: ...
diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/file.pyi b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/file.pyi
index c9216f24036f..c5194c3fbcd4 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/file.pyi
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/file.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from typing import Any, AnyStr, Generic
+from typing import AnyStr, Generic
+from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from paramiko.util import ClosingContextManager
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class BufferedFile(ClosingContextManager, Generic[AnyStr]):
     newlines: AnyStr | tuple[AnyStr, ...] | None
     def __init__(self) -> None: ...
     def __del__(self) -> None: ...
-    def __iter__(self) -> BufferedFile[Any]: ...
+    def __iter__(self) -> Self: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
     def flush(self) -> None: ...
     def __next__(self) -> AnyStr: ...
@@ -34,6 +35,6 @@ class BufferedFile(ClosingContextManager, Generic[AnyStr]):
     def tell(self) -> int: ...
     def write(self, data: AnyStr) -> None: ...
     def writelines(self, sequence: Iterable[AnyStr]) -> None: ...
-    def xreadlines(self) -> BufferedFile[Any]: ...
+    def xreadlines(self) -> Self: ...
     @property
     def closed(self) -> bool: ...
diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/proxy.pyi b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/proxy.pyi
index c22af8eb32d8..7f60da6c7487 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/proxy.pyi
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/proxy.pyi
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ class ProxyCommand(ClosingContextManager):
     def close(self) -> None: ...
     @property
     def closed(self) -> bool: ...
-    def settimeout(self, timeout: float) -> None: ...
+    def settimeout(self, timeout: float | None) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_client.pyi b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_client.pyi
index f7876c243b9a..d54eb29b595f 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_client.pyi
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_client.pyi
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class SFTPClient(BaseSFTP, ClosingContextManager):
     def from_transport(cls, t: Transport, window_size: int | None = None, max_packet_size: int | None = None) -> Self | None: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
     def get_channel(self) -> Channel | None: ...
-    def listdir(self, path: str = ".") -> list[str]: ...
-    def listdir_attr(self, path: str = ".") -> list[SFTPAttributes]: ...
+    def listdir(self, path: bytes | str = ".") -> list[str]: ...
+    def listdir_attr(self, path: bytes | str = ".") -> list[SFTPAttributes]: ...
     def listdir_iter(self, path: bytes | str = ".", read_aheads: int = 50) -> Iterator[SFTPAttributes]: ...
     def open(self, filename: bytes | str, mode: str = "r", bufsize: int = -1) -> SFTPFile: ...
     file = open
diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_file.pyi b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_file.pyi
index 56a740e06afe..5f8a374ce666 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_file.pyi
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/paramiko/sftp_file.pyi
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class SFTPFile(BufferedFile[Any]):
     def __init__(self, sftp: SFTPClient, handle: _LikeBytes, mode: str = "r", bufsize: int = -1) -> None: ...
     def __del__(self) -> None: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
-    def settimeout(self, timeout: float) -> None: ...
-    def gettimeout(self) -> float: ...
+    def settimeout(self, timeout: float | None) -> None: ...
+    def gettimeout(self) -> float | None: ...
     def setblocking(self, blocking: bool) -> None: ...
     def seekable(self) -> bool: ...
     def seek(self, offset: int, whence: int = 0) -> None: ...