diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index 0fe81edcbb735b..e5a280e1949de9 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -1486,6 +1486,8 @@ def format_map(self, mapping):
         return self.data.format_map(mapping)
 
     def index(self, sub, start=0, end=_sys.maxsize):
+        if isinstance(sub, UserString):
+            sub = sub.data
         return self.data.index(sub, start, end)
 
     def isalpha(self):
@@ -1554,6 +1556,8 @@ def rfind(self, sub, start=0, end=_sys.maxsize):
         return self.data.rfind(sub, start, end)
 
     def rindex(self, sub, start=0, end=_sys.maxsize):
+        if isinstance(sub, UserString):
+            sub = sub.data
         return self.data.rindex(sub, start, end)
 
     def rjust(self, width, *args):
diff --git a/Lib/test/string_tests.py b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
index 8dcfa98f85b075..ed405472574a93 100644
--- a/Lib/test/string_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ def checkcall(self, obj, methodname, *args):
         args = self.fixtype(args)
         getattr(obj, methodname)(*args)
 
+    def _get_teststrings(self, charset, digits):
+        base = len(charset)
+        teststrings = set()
+        for i in range(base ** digits):
+            entry = []
+            for j in range(digits):
+                i, m = divmod(i, base)
+                entry.append(charset[m])
+            teststrings.add(''.join(entry))
+        teststrings = [self.fixtype(ts) for ts in teststrings]
+        return teststrings
+
     def test_count(self):
         self.checkequal(3, 'aaa', 'count', 'a')
         self.checkequal(0, 'aaa', 'count', 'b')
@@ -130,17 +142,7 @@ def test_count(self):
         # For a variety of combinations,
         #    verify that str.count() matches an equivalent function
         #    replacing all occurrences and then differencing the string lengths
-        charset = ['', 'a', 'b']
-        digits = 7
-        base = len(charset)
-        teststrings = set()
-        for i in range(base ** digits):
-            entry = []
-            for j in range(digits):
-                i, m = divmod(i, base)
-                entry.append(charset[m])
-            teststrings.add(''.join(entry))
-        teststrings = [self.fixtype(ts) for ts in teststrings]
+        teststrings = self._get_teststrings(['', 'a', 'b'], 7)
         for i in teststrings:
             n = len(i)
             for j in teststrings:
@@ -197,17 +199,7 @@ def test_find(self):
         # For a variety of combinations,
         #    verify that str.find() matches __contains__
         #    and that the found substring is really at that location
-        charset = ['', 'a', 'b', 'c']
-        digits = 5
-        base = len(charset)
-        teststrings = set()
-        for i in range(base ** digits):
-            entry = []
-            for j in range(digits):
-                i, m = divmod(i, base)
-                entry.append(charset[m])
-            teststrings.add(''.join(entry))
-        teststrings = [self.fixtype(ts) for ts in teststrings]
+        teststrings = self._get_teststrings(['', 'a', 'b', 'c'], 5)
         for i in teststrings:
             for j in teststrings:
                 loc = i.find(j)
@@ -244,17 +236,7 @@ def test_rfind(self):
         # For a variety of combinations,
         #    verify that str.rfind() matches __contains__
         #    and that the found substring is really at that location
-        charset = ['', 'a', 'b', 'c']
-        digits = 5
-        base = len(charset)
-        teststrings = set()
-        for i in range(base ** digits):
-            entry = []
-            for j in range(digits):
-                i, m = divmod(i, base)
-                entry.append(charset[m])
-            teststrings.add(''.join(entry))
-        teststrings = [self.fixtype(ts) for ts in teststrings]
+        teststrings = self._get_teststrings(['', 'a', 'b', 'c'], 5)
         for i in teststrings:
             for j in teststrings:
                 loc = i.rfind(j)
@@ -295,6 +277,19 @@ def test_index(self):
         else:
             self.checkraises(TypeError, 'hello', 'index', 42)
 
+        # For a variety of combinations,
+        #    verify that str.index() matches __contains__
+        #    and that the found substring is really at that location
+        teststrings = self._get_teststrings(['', 'a', 'b', 'c'], 5)
+        for i in teststrings:
+            for j in teststrings:
+                if j in i:
+                    loc = i.index(j)
+                    self.assertGreaterEqual(loc, 0)
+                    self.assertEqual(i[loc:loc+len(j)], j)
+                else:
+                    self.assertRaises(ValueError, i.index, j)
+
     def test_rindex(self):
         self.checkequal(12, 'abcdefghiabc', 'rindex', '')
         self.checkequal(3,  'abcdefghiabc', 'rindex', 'def')
@@ -321,6 +316,19 @@ def test_rindex(self):
         else:
             self.checkraises(TypeError, 'hello', 'rindex', 42)
 
+        # For a variety of combinations,
+        #    verify that str.rindex() matches __contains__
+        #    and that the found substring is really at that location
+        teststrings = self._get_teststrings(['', 'a', 'b', 'c'], 5)
+        for i in teststrings:
+            for j in teststrings:
+                if j in i:
+                    loc = i.rindex(j)
+                    self.assertGreaterEqual(loc, 0)
+                    self.assertEqual(i[loc:loc+len(j)], j)
+                else:
+                    self.assertRaises(ValueError, i.rindex, j)
+
     def test_find_periodic_pattern(self):
         """Cover the special path for periodic patterns."""
         def reference_find(p, s):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-03-17-13-00.gh-issue-140911.7KFvSQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-03-17-13-00.gh-issue-140911.7KFvSQ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b0b6e4611924c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-03-17-13-00.gh-issue-140911.7KFvSQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:mod:`collections`: Ensure that the methods ``UserString.rindex()`` and
+``UserString.index()`` accept :class:`collections.UserString` instances as the
+sub argument.