diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-type-search-6abecbc064e1dbf0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-type-search-6abecbc064e1dbf0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9341bfdb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-type-search-6abecbc064e1dbf0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed the bug type hint for the :func:`~rustworkx.bfs_search`,
+    :func:`~rustworkx.dfs_search` and :func:`~rustworkx.dijkstra_search`.
+    Refer to `#1130 <https://github.com/Qiskit/rustworkx/issues/1130>`__ for
+    more information.
diff --git a/rustworkx/__init__.pyi b/rustworkx/__init__.pyi
index 4759e5d12..7f4b4c289 100644
--- a/rustworkx/__init__.pyi
+++ b/rustworkx/__init__.pyi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from typing import Generic, TypeVar, Any, Callable, Iterator, overload
+from typing import Generic, TypeVar, Any, Callable, Iterator, overload, Sequence
 
 # Re-Exports of rust native functions in rustworkx.rustworkx
 # To workaround limitations in mypy around re-exporting objects from the inner
@@ -550,17 +550,17 @@ def cartesian_product(
 ) -> tuple[PyDiGraph, ProductNodeMap]: ...
 def bfs_search(
     graph: PyGraph | PyDiGraph,
-    source: int,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None,
     visitor: _BFSVisitor,
 ) -> None: ...
 def dfs_search(
     graph: PyGraph | PyDiGraph,
-    source: int,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None,
     visitor: _DFSVisitor,
 ) -> None: ...
 def dijkstra_search(
     graph: PyGraph | PyDiGraph,
-    source: int,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None,
     weight_fn: Callable[[Any], float],
     visitor: _DijkstraVisitor,
 ) -> None: ...
diff --git a/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi b/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi
index 51dceaa96..2c83a45bc 100644
--- a/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi
+++ b/rustworkx/rustworkx.pyi
@@ -884,33 +884,33 @@ _DijkstraVisitor = TypeVar("_DijkstraVisitor", bound=DijkstraVisitor)
 
 def digraph_bfs_search(
     graph: PyDiGraph,
-    source: int | None = ...,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     visitor: _BFSVisitor | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...
 def graph_bfs_search(
     graph: PyGraph,
-    source: int | None = ...,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     visitor: _BFSVisitor | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...
 def digraph_dfs_search(
     graph: PyDiGraph,
-    source: int | None = ...,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     visitor: _DFSVisitor | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...
 def graph_dfs_search(
     graph: PyGraph,
-    source: int | None = ...,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     visitor: _DFSVisitor | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...
 def digraph_dijkstra_search(
     graph: PyDiGraph,
-    source: int | None = ...,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     weight_fn: Callable[[Any], float] | None = ...,
     visitor: _DijkstraVisitor | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...
 def graph_dijkstra_search(
     graph: PyGraph,
-    source: int | None = ...,
+    source: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     weight_fn: Callable[[Any], float] | None = ...,
     visitor: _DijkstraVisitor | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...