diff --git a/stdlib/random.pyi b/stdlib/random.pyi
index 12039af7c071..89891799b528 100644
--- a/stdlib/random.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/random.pyi
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
     VERSION: ClassVar[int]
     def __init__(self, x: Any = ...) -> None: ...
     # Using other `seed` types is deprecated since 3.9 and removed in 3.11
+    # Ignore Y041, since random.seed doesn't treat int like a float subtype. Having an explicit
+    # int better documents conventional usage of random.seed.
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-        def seed(self, a: float | str | bytes | bytearray | None = ..., version: int = ...) -> None: ...  # type: ignore[override]
+        def seed(self, a: int | float | str | bytes | bytearray | None = ..., version: int = ...) -> None: ...  # type: ignore[override]  # noqa: Y041
     else:
         def seed(self, a: Any = ..., version: int = ...) -> None: ...