diff --git a/pymongo/asynchronous/collection.py b/pymongo/asynchronous/collection.py
index 741c11e551..5002bb00ca 100644
--- a/pymongo/asynchronous/collection.py
+++ b/pymongo/asynchronous/collection.py
@@ -3150,7 +3150,7 @@ async def distinct(
         comment: Optional[Any] = None,
         hint: Optional[_IndexKeyHint] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> list[str]:
+    ) -> list[Any]:
         """Get a list of distinct values for `key` among all documents
         in this collection.
 
diff --git a/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py b/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py
index d9fdd576f4..1948bca38a 100644
--- a/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ async def close(self) -> None:
         """Explicitly close / kill this cursor."""
         await self._die_lock()
 
-    async def distinct(self, key: str) -> list[str]:
+    async def distinct(self, key: str) -> list[Any]:
         """Get a list of distinct values for `key` among all documents
         in the result set of this query.
 
diff --git a/pymongo/synchronous/collection.py b/pymongo/synchronous/collection.py
index 9f32deb765..7a1526625d 100644
--- a/pymongo/synchronous/collection.py
+++ b/pymongo/synchronous/collection.py
@@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ def distinct(
         comment: Optional[Any] = None,
         hint: Optional[_IndexKeyHint] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> list[str]:
+    ) -> list[Any]:
         """Get a list of distinct values for `key` among all documents
         in this collection.
 
diff --git a/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py b/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py
index 3dd550f4d5..0370a8023d 100644
--- a/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ def close(self) -> None:
         """Explicitly close / kill this cursor."""
         self._die_lock()
 
-    def distinct(self, key: str) -> list[str]:
+    def distinct(self, key: str) -> list[Any]:
         """Get a list of distinct values for `key` among all documents
         in the result set of this query.
 
diff --git a/test/test_typing.py b/test/test_typing.py
index 8709186e12..13f2a489fa 100644
--- a/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/test/test_typing.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ImplicitMovie(TypedDict):
 
 from test import IntegrationTest, PyMongoTestCase, client_context
 
-from bson import CodecOptions, decode, decode_all, decode_file_iter, decode_iter, encode
+from bson import CodecOptions, ObjectId, decode, decode_all, decode_file_iter, decode_iter, encode
 from bson.raw_bson import RawBSONDocument
 from bson.son import SON
 from pymongo import ASCENDING, MongoClient
@@ -141,6 +141,32 @@ def to_list(iterable: Iterable[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         docs = to_list(cursor)
         self.assertTrue(docs)
 
+    def test_distinct(self) -> None:
+        self.coll.delete_many({})
+        self.coll.insert_many(
+            [
+                {"_id": None},
+                {"_id": 0},
+                {"_id": ""},
+                {"_id": ObjectId()},
+                {"_id": True},
+            ]
+        )
+
+        def collection_distinct(
+            collection: Collection,
+        ) -> list[None | int | str | ObjectId | bool]:
+            return collection.distinct("_id")
+
+        def cursor_distinct(
+            collection: Collection,
+        ) -> list[None | int | str | ObjectId | bool]:
+            cursor = collection.find()
+            return cursor.distinct("_id")
+
+        collection_distinct(self.coll)
+        cursor_distinct(self.coll)
+
     @only_type_check
     def test_bulk_write(self) -> None:
         self.coll.insert_one({})