diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/cursors.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/cursors.pyi
index d75a66cc77..0bd2d77c6d 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/cursors.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/cursors.pyi
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Cursor:
     def __getitem__(
         self, index: int
     ) -> Union[int, IntCoordinate, Surface]: ...
-    copy = __copy__
+    def copy(self) -> Cursor: ...
     type: Literal["system", "color", "bitmap"]
     data: Union[
         Tuple[int],
diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/geometry.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/geometry.pyi
index 14ab6563b0..135b806cc8 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/geometry.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/geometry.pyi
@@ -113,5 +113,5 @@ class Circle:
     def rotate_ip(self, angle: float, /) -> None: ...
     def as_rect(self) -> Rect: ...
     def as_frect(self) -> FRect: ...
+    def copy(self) -> Circle: ...
     def __copy__(self) -> Circle: ...
-    copy = __copy__
diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mask.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mask.pyi
index 0ea50adeb6..667bc7f7b7 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mask.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mask.pyi
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def from_threshold(
 class Mask:
     def __init__(self, size: Coordinate, fill: bool = False) -> None: ...
     def __copy__(self) -> Mask: ...
-    copy = __copy__
+    def copy(self) -> Mask: ...
     def get_size(self) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
     def get_rect(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Rect: ...  # Dict type needs to be completed
     def get_at(self, pos: Coordinate) -> int: ...
diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/math.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/math.pyi
index b994bcdab4..4526960b5a 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/math.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/math.pyi
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class _GenericVector(Collection[float]):
     @overload
     def __imul__(self: _TVec, other: float) -> _TVec: ...
     def __copy__(self: _TVec) -> _TVec: ...
-    copy = __copy__
+    def copy(self: _TVec) -> _TVec: ...
     def __safe_for_unpickling__(self) -> Literal[True]: ...
     def __contains__(self, other: float) -> bool: ...  # type: ignore[override]
     def dot(self: _TVec, other: Union[SequenceLike[float], _TVec], /) -> float: ...
diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi
index 79acedeab9..6e55ce45d7 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/rect.pyi
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class _GenericRect(Collection[_N]):
     @overload
     def __setitem__(self, key: slice, value: Union[float, RectLike]) -> None: ...
     def __copy__(self) -> Self: ...
-    copy = __copy__
+    def copy(self) -> Self: ...
     @overload
     def move(self, x: float, y: float, /) -> Self: ...
     @overload
diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/surface.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/surface.pyi
index e9a97e070f..697944313c 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/surface.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/surface.pyi
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Surface:
     ) -> None: ...
     def __copy__(self) -> Surface: ...
     def __deepcopy__(self, memo) -> Surface: ...
-    copy = __copy__
+    def copy(self) -> Surface: ...
     def blit(
         self,
         source: Surface,
diff --git a/src_py/cursors.py b/src_py/cursors.py
index 7fa7f99315..342bce0313 100644
--- a/src_py/cursors.py
+++ b/src_py/cursors.py
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self.__eq__(other)
 
-    def __copy__(self):
+    def copy(self):
         """Clone the current Cursor object.
         You can do the same thing by doing Cursor(Cursor)."""
         return self.__class__(self)
 
-    copy = __copy__
+    __copy__ = copy
 
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(tuple([self.type] + list(self.data)))