diff --git a/_duckdb-stubs/__init__.pyi b/_duckdb-stubs/__init__.pyi
index 8770483f..c1ac1ef0 100644
--- a/_duckdb-stubs/__init__.pyi
+++ b/_duckdb-stubs/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 import typing
-from typing_extensions import Self
+from typing_extensions import LiteralString, Self
 from ._expression import Expression
 from ._enums import (
     CSVLineTerminator,
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ def ConstantExpression(value: PythonLiteral) -> Expression: ...
 def DefaultExpression() -> Expression: ...
 def FunctionExpression(function_name: str, *args: IntoExpr) -> Expression: ...
 def LambdaExpression(lhs: IntoExprColumn | tuple[IntoExprColumn, ...], rhs: IntoExpr) -> Expression: ...
-def SQLExpression(expression: str) -> Expression: ...
+def SQLExpression(expression: LiteralString) -> Expression: ...
 def StarExpression(*, exclude: Iterable[IntoExprColumn] | None = None) -> Expression: ...
 def aggregate(
     df: pandas.DataFrame,
diff --git a/duckdb/experimental/spark/sql/functions.py b/duckdb/experimental/spark/sql/functions.py
index 71ff8c59..164b0051 100644
--- a/duckdb/experimental/spark/sql/functions.py
+++ b/duckdb/experimental/spark/sql/functions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Union, overload
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, LiteralString, Optional, Union, overload
 
 from duckdb import (
     CaseExpression,
@@ -6176,7 +6176,7 @@ def instr(str: "ColumnOrName", substr: str) -> Column:
     return _invoke_function("instr", _to_column_expr(str), ConstantExpression(substr))
 
 
-def expr(str: str) -> Column:
+def expr(str: LiteralString) -> Column:
     """Parses the expression string into the column that it represents.
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.5.0
@@ -6186,7 +6186,7 @@ def expr(str: str) -> Column:
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    str : str
+    str : LiteralString
         expression defined in string.
 
     Returns:
diff --git a/tests/fast/test_sql_expression.py b/tests/fast/test_sql_expression.py
index f3cf41ca..e7eaf71d 100644
--- a/tests/fast/test_sql_expression.py
+++ b/tests/fast/test_sql_expression.py
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ def test_sql_expression_basic(self, duckdb_cursor):
         rel = duckdb_cursor.sql("SELECT 1").select(expr)
         assert rel.fetchall() == [("hello world",)]
 
+        # The annotation widens this to plain str, so passing it where a
+        # LiteralString is expected must give a typechecking error.
+        dangerous: str = "'untrusted input'"
+        SQLExpression("'this is ' || " + dangerous)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
     def test_sql_expression_with_columns(self, duckdb_cursor):
         # Create a test table
         duckdb_cursor.execute(