diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/distutils/version.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/distutils/version.pyi
index 956273542e6f..cb636b4d95fb 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/distutils/version.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/distutils/version.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Optional, TypeVar, Union, Pattern, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Optional, TypeVar, Union, Pattern, Text, Tuple
 
 _T = TypeVar('_T', bound='Version')
 
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ class Version:
         def __ge__(self: _T, other: Union[_T, str]) -> bool: ...
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def __init__(self, vstring: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, vstring: Optional[Text] = ...) -> None: ...
     @abstractmethod
-    def parse(self: _T, vstring: str) -> _T: ...
+    def parse(self: _T, vstring: Text) -> _T: ...
     @abstractmethod
     def __str__(self) -> str: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3,):
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ class Version:
 class StrictVersion(Version):
     version_re: Pattern[str]
     version: Tuple[int, int, int]
-    prerelease: Optional[Tuple[str, int]]
+    prerelease: Optional[Tuple[Text, int]]
 
-    def __init__(self, vstring: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
-    def parse(self: _T, vstring: str) -> _T: ...
+    def __init__(self, vstring: Optional[Text] = ...) -> None: ...
+    def parse(self: _T, vstring: Text) -> _T: ...
     def __str__(self) -> str: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3,):
         def _cmp(self: _T, other: Union[_T, str]) -> bool: ...
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ class StrictVersion(Version):
 
 class LooseVersion(Version):
     component_re: Pattern[str]
-    vstring: str
-    version: Tuple[Union[str, int], ...]
+    vstring: Text
+    version: Tuple[Union[Text, int], ...]
 
-    def __init__(self, vstring: Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
-    def parse(self: _T, vstring: str) -> _T: ...
+    def __init__(self, vstring: Optional[Text] = ...) -> None: ...
+    def parse(self: _T, vstring: Text) -> _T: ...
     def __str__(self) -> str: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3,):
         def _cmp(self: _T, other: Union[_T, str]) -> bool: ...