diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 42c2024b..2c114557 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ class Sanic(
         blueprint: Blueprint | (Iterable[Blueprint] | BlueprintGroup),
         *,
         url_prefix: str | None = None,
-        version: int | (float | str) | None = None,
+        version: int | float | str | None = None,
         strict_slashes: bool | None = None,
         version_prefix: str | None = None,
         name_prefix: str | None = None,
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ class Sanic(
     # Configuration
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
-    def update_config(self, config: bytes | (str | (dict | Any))) -> None:
+    def update_config(self, config: Any) -> None:
         """Update the application configuration.
 
         This method is used to update the application configuration. It can
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ class Sanic(
         See [Configuration](/en/guide/deployment/configuration) for details.
 
         Args:
-            config (Union[bytes, str, dict, Any]): The configuration object,
+            config (bytes | str | dict | Any): The configuration object,
                 dictionary, or path to a configuration file.
         """
 
diff --git a/sanic/blueprints.py b/sanic/blueprints.py
index 53c408c7..758277e3 100644
--- a/sanic/blueprints.py
+++ b/sanic/blueprints.py
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ class BlueprintGroup(bpg_base):
     def __init__(
         self,
         url_prefix: str | None = None,
-        version: int | (str | float) | None = None,
+        version: int | str | float | None = None,
         strict_slashes: bool | None = None,
         version_prefix: str = "/v",
         name_prefix: str | None = "",
diff --git a/sanic/http/tls/context.py b/sanic/http/tls/context.py
index dffb2201..193ae165 100644
--- a/sanic/http/tls/context.py
+++ b/sanic/http/tls/context.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ CIPHERS_TLS12 = [
     "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256",
 ]
 
+TlsDef = None | ssl.SSLContext | dict[str, Any] | str
+TlsDefs = TlsDef | list[TlsDef] | tuple[TlsDef, ...]
 
 def create_context(
     certfile: str | None = None,
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ def create_context(
 
 
 def shorthand_to_ctx(
-    ctxdef: None | (ssl.SSLContext | (dict | str))
+    ctxdef: TlsDef
 ) -> ssl.SSLContext | None:
     """Convert an ssl argument shorthand to an SSLContext object."""
     if ctxdef is None or isinstance(ctxdef, ssl.SSLContext):
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ def shorthand_to_ctx(
 
 
 def process_to_context(
-    ssldef: None | ssl.SSLContext | dict | str | list | tuple
+    ssldef: TlsDefs
 ) -> ssl.SSLContext | None:
     """Process app.run ssl argument from easy formats to full SSLContext."""
     return (
diff --git a/sanic/worker/inspector.py b/sanic/worker/inspector.py
index ce294109..b22dabea 100644
--- a/sanic/worker/inspector.py
+++ b/sanic/worker/inspector.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class Inspector:
         host: str,
         port: int,
         api_key: str,
-        tls_key: Path | (str | Default),
-        tls_cert: Path | (str | Default),
+        tls_key: Path | str | Default,
+        tls_cert: Path | str | Default,
     ):
         self._publisher = publisher
         self.app_info = app_info