diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5652a865e..e828ffeb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Optionals
 -e .[full]
 
+# TODO: We need to delete the following line when fixing the test suite for anyio 4.4.0.
+anyio==4.3.0
+
 # Testing
 coverage==7.4.3
 importlib-metadata==7.0.1
diff --git a/starlette/templating.py b/starlette/templating.py
index 01af5e9bb..8e1737f61 100644
--- a/starlette/templating.py
+++ b/starlette/templating.py
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ class Jinja2Templates:
     @typing.overload
     def __init__(
         self,
-        directory: str
-        | PathLike[typing.AnyStr]
-        | typing.Sequence[str | PathLike[typing.AnyStr]],
+        directory: str | PathLike[str] | typing.Sequence[str | PathLike[str]],
         *,
         context_processors: list[typing.Callable[[Request], dict[str, typing.Any]]]
         | None = None,
@@ -89,8 +87,8 @@ def __init__(
     def __init__(
         self,
         directory: str
-        | PathLike[typing.AnyStr]
-        | typing.Sequence[str | PathLike[typing.AnyStr]]
+        | PathLike[str]
+        | typing.Sequence[str | PathLike[str]]
         | None = None,
         *,
         context_processors: list[typing.Callable[[Request], dict[str, typing.Any]]]
@@ -117,9 +115,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def _create_env(
         self,
-        directory: str
-        | PathLike[typing.AnyStr]
-        | typing.Sequence[str | PathLike[typing.AnyStr]],
+        directory: str | PathLike[str] | typing.Sequence[str | PathLike[str]],
         **env_options: typing.Any,
     ) -> jinja2.Environment:
         loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(directory)