diff --git a/discord/voice_client.py b/discord/voice_client.py
index 437311122a..61bc0ad9d2 100644
--- a/discord/voice_client.py
+++ b/discord/voice_client.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 import struct
 import threading
 import time
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, overload
 
 from . import opus, utils
 from .backoff import ExponentialBackoff
@@ -623,13 +623,33 @@ def get_ssrc(self, user_id):
             user_id
         ]
 
+    @overload
     def play(
         self,
         source: AudioSource,
         *,
-        after: Callable[[Exception | None], Any] = None,
-        wait_finish: bool = False,
+        after: Callable[[Exception | None], Any] | None = None,
+        wait_finish: Literal[False] = False,
     ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def play(
+        self,
+        source: AudioSource,
+        *,
+        after: Callable[[Exception | None], Any] | None = None,
+        wait_finish: Literal[True],
+    ) -> asyncio.Future:
+        ...
+
+    def play(
+        self,
+        source: AudioSource,
+        *,
+        after: Callable[[Exception | None], Any] | None = None,
+        wait_finish: bool = False,
+    ) -> None | asyncio.Future:
         """Plays an :class:`AudioSource`.
 
         The finalizer, ``after`` is called after the source has been exhausted
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 4aede160f1..537bfcd6fc 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 -r _.txt
 pylint~=3.0.3
-pytest~=7.4.3
-pytest-asyncio~=0.23.2
+pytest~=7.4.4
+pytest-asyncio~=0.23.3
 # pytest-order~=1.0.1
 mypy~=1.8.0
 coverage~=7.4
 pre-commit==3.5.0
 codespell==2.2.6
 bandit==1.7.6
-flake8==6.1.0
+flake8==7.0.0