diff --git a/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi b/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi
index cd177939d..8c1b07570 100644
--- a/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi
+++ b/rest_framework-stubs/decorators.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, TypeVar
 
@@ -17,6 +18,31 @@ _View = TypeVar("_View", bound=Callable[..., HttpResponseBase])
 _P = ParamSpec("_P")
 _RESP = TypeVar("_RESP", bound=HttpResponseBase)
 
+_MixedCaseHttpMethod: TypeAlias = Literal[
+    "GET",
+    "POST",
+    "DELETE",
+    "PUT",
+    "PATCH",
+    "TRACE",
+    "HEAD",
+    "OPTIONS",
+    "get",
+    "post",
+    "delete",
+    "put",
+    "patch",
+    "trace",
+    "head",
+    "options",
+]
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    from http import HTTPMethod
+
+    _HttpMethod: TypeAlias = _MixedCaseHttpMethod | HTTPMethod
+else:
+    _HttpMethod: TypeAlias = _MixedCaseHttpMethod
+
 class MethodMapper(dict):
     def __init__(self, action: _View, methods: Sequence[str]) -> None: ...
     def _map(self, method: str, func: _View) -> _View: ...
@@ -29,43 +55,8 @@ class MethodMapper(dict):
     def options(self, func: _View) -> _View: ...
     def trace(self, func: _View) -> _View: ...
 
-_LOWER_CASE_HTTP_VERBS: TypeAlias = Sequence[
-    Literal[
-        "get",
-        "post",
-        "delete",
-        "put",
-        "patch",
-        "trace",
-        "head",
-        "options",
-    ]
-]
-
-_MIXED_CASE_HTTP_VERBS: TypeAlias = Sequence[
-    Literal[
-        "GET",
-        "POST",
-        "DELETE",
-        "PUT",
-        "PATCH",
-        "TRACE",
-        "HEAD",
-        "OPTIONS",
-        "get",
-        "post",
-        "delete",
-        "put",
-        "patch",
-        "trace",
-        "head",
-        "options",
-    ]
-]
-
 class ViewSetAction(Protocol[_View]):
     detail: bool
-    methods: _LOWER_CASE_HTTP_VERBS
     url_path: str
     url_name: str
     kwargs: Mapping[str, Any]
@@ -84,7 +75,7 @@ def throttle_classes(throttle_classes: Sequence[BaseThrottle | type[BaseThrottle
 def permission_classes(permission_classes: Sequence[_PermissionClass]) -> Callable[[_View], _View]: ...
 def schema(view_inspector: ViewInspector | type[ViewInspector] | None) -> Callable[[_View], _View]: ...
 def action(
-    methods: _MIXED_CASE_HTTP_VERBS | None = ...,
+    methods: Sequence[_HttpMethod] | None = ...,
     detail: bool = ...,
     url_path: str | None = ...,
     url_name: str | None = ...,
diff --git a/tests/typecheck/test_decorators.yml b/tests/typecheck/test_decorators.yml
index 05c58d145..666faf799 100644
--- a/tests/typecheck/test_decorators.yml
+++ b/tests/typecheck/test_decorators.yml
@@ -55,9 +55,25 @@
     from rest_framework.response import Response
 
     class MyView(viewsets.ViewSet):
-
       @action(methods=("get",), detail=False)
       def view_func_1(self, request: Request) -> Response: ...
+      @action(methods=["post"], detail=False)
+      def view_func_2(self, request: Request) -> Response: ...
+      @action(methods=("GET",), detail=False)
+      def view_func_3(self, request: Request) -> Response: ...
+
+- case: method_decorator_http_libary
+  skip: sys.version_info < (3, 11)
+  main: |
+    from http import HTTPMethod
+    from rest_framework import viewsets
+    from rest_framework.decorators import action
+    from rest_framework.request import Request
+    from rest_framework.response import Response
 
-      @action(methods=["post",], detail=False)
+    MY_VAR: HTTPMethod = HTTPMethod.POST
+    class MyView(viewsets.ViewSet):
+      @action(methods=[HTTPMethod.GET], detail=False)
+      def view_func_1(self, request: Request) -> Response: ...
+      @action(methods=[MY_VAR], detail=False)
       def view_func_2(self, request: Request) -> Response: ...