diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-find-node-by-weight-stub-94e971291e1e6c96.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-find-node-by-weight-stub-94e971291e1e6c96.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc99652c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-find-node-by-weight-stub-94e971291e1e6c96.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed a bug in the type hints for :meth:`~rustworkx.PyGraph.find_node_by_weight`
+    and :meth:`~rustworkx.PyDiGraph.find_node_by_weight`.
+    Refer to `issue 1243 <https://github.com/Qiskit/rustworkx/issues/1322>`__ for
+    more information.
diff --git a/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi b/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi
index 4a18edd61..5d4219706 100644
--- a/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi
+++ b/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ class PyGraph(Generic[_S, _T]):
     def filter_nodes(self, filter_function: Callable[[_S], bool]) -> NodeIndices: ...
     def find_node_by_weight(
         self,
-        obj: Callable[[_S], bool],
+        obj: _S,
         /,
     ) -> int | None: ...
     @staticmethod
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ class PyDiGraph(Generic[_S, _T]):
     def find_adjacent_node_by_edge(self, node: int, predicate: Callable[[_T], bool], /) -> _S: ...
     def find_node_by_weight(
         self,
-        obj: Callable[[_S], bool],
+        obj: _S,
         /,
     ) -> int | None: ...
     def find_predecessors_by_edge(