diff --git a/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi b/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi
index 7db4814d1..30ef41896 100644
--- a/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi
+++ b/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ def action(
     lookup_url_kwarg: str | None = ...,
     queryset: QuerySet[Any] = ...,
     **kwargs: Any,
-) -> Callable[[_F], _F]: ...
+) -> Callable[[_F], ViewSetAction[_F]]: ...