diff --git a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
index 4feaa3bbb..4b61db496 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def deprecated_call(
 
 @overload
 def warns(
-    expected_warning: Union[Type[Warning], Tuple[Type[Warning], ...]],
+    expected_warning: Union[Type[Warning], Tuple[Type[Warning], ...]] = ...,
     *,
     match: Optional[Union[str, Pattern[str]]] = ...,
 ) -> "WarningsChecker":
diff --git a/testing/deprecated_test.py b/testing/deprecated_test.py
index 027a773b8..479f1f26d 100644
--- a/testing/deprecated_test.py
+++ b/testing/deprecated_test.py
@@ -188,5 +188,5 @@ def test_warns_none_is_deprecated():
             "Replace pytest.warns(None) by simply pytest.warns()."
         ),
     ):
-        with pytest.warns(None):
+        with pytest.warns(None):  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             pass
diff --git a/testing/test_recwarn.py b/testing/test_recwarn.py
index 963f3aef2..40a2e23fa 100644
--- a/testing/test_recwarn.py
+++ b/testing/test_recwarn.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class TestWarns:
         # This should become an error when WARNS_NONE_ARG is removed in Pytest 7.0
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-            with pytest.warns(None) as record:
+            with pytest.warns(None) as record:  # type: ignore[call-overload]
                 warnings.warn("user", UserWarning)
                 warnings.warn("runtime", RuntimeWarning)
 
diff --git a/testing/test_tmpdir.py b/testing/test_tmpdir.py
index fe4b8b8cd..4dff9dff0 100644
--- a/testing/test_tmpdir.py
+++ b/testing/test_tmpdir.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class TestRmRf:
         # ignored function
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-            with pytest.warns(None) as warninfo:
+            with pytest.warns(None) as warninfo:  # type: ignore[call-overload]
                 exc_info4 = (None, PermissionError(), None)
                 on_rm_rf_error(os.open, str(fn), exc_info4, start_path=tmp_path)
                 assert fn.is_file()