diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py
index 7741dcbdf..f39b00f1a 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/directive.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ from sphinx.util.parsing import nested_parse_to_nodes
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from docutils.nodes import Node
-    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import RSTState
 
     from sphinx.config import Config
     from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
+    from sphinx.util.typing import _RSTState as RSTState
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class AutodocDirective(SphinxDirective):
         reporter = self.state.document.reporter
 
         try:
-            source, lineno = reporter.get_source_and_line(
+            source, lineno = reporter.get_source_and_line(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 self.lineno)
         except AttributeError:
             source, lineno = (None, None)
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py b/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py
index b9e513780..7a47003d7 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class InheritanceDiagram(SphinxDirective):
                 aliases=self.config.inheritance_alias,
                 top_classes=node['top-classes'])
         except InheritanceException as err:
-            return [node.document.reporter.warning(err, line=self.lineno)]  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+            return [node.document.reporter.warning(err, line=self.lineno)]
 
         # Create xref nodes for each target of the graph's image map and
         # add them to the doc tree so that Sphinx can resolve the
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class InheritanceDiagram(SphinxDirective):
         # removed from the doctree after we're done with them.
         for name in graph.get_all_class_names():
             refnodes, x = class_role(  # type: ignore[call-arg,misc]
-                'class', ':class:`%s`' % name, name, 0, self.state)
+                'class', ':class:`%s`' % name, name, 0, self.state.inliner)
             node.extend(refnodes)
         # Store the graph object so we can use it to generate the
         # dot file later
diff --git a/sphinx/util/nodes.py b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
index 9f3e827c8..5f4169458 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/nodes.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
     from docutils.nodes import Element
     from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
-    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner, RSTState
+    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner
     from docutils.statemachine import StringList
 
     from sphinx.builders import Builder
     from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
     from sphinx.util.tags import Tags
+    from sphinx.util.typing import _RSTState as RSTState
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/parsing.py b/sphinx/util/parsing.py
index a8f937f8f..432d9f381 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/parsing.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/parsing.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from docutils.statemachine import StringList, string2lines
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
 
-    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import RSTState
+    from sphinx.util.typing import _RSTState as RSTState
 
 
 def nested_parse_to_nodes(
diff --git a/sphinx/util/typing.py b/sphinx/util/typing.py
index e0ff3b28f..2aab2b4f1 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/typing.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/typing.py
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Mapping
     from typing import Final, Literal
 
+    from docutils.parsers.rst.states import RSTState as _RSTStateGeneric
     from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, TypeIs
 
     from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 
+    _RSTState: TypeAlias = _RSTStateGeneric[list[str]]
     _RestifyMode: TypeAlias = Literal[
         'fully-qualified-except-typing',
         'smart',
diff --git a/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py b/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py
index 3b6784b17..20c08191f 100644
--- a/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py
+++ b/tests/test_util/test_util_docutils_sphinx_directive.py
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ from sphinx.util.docutils import SphinxDirective, new_document
 
 
 def make_directive(*, env: SimpleNamespace, input_lines: StringList | None = None) -> SphinxDirective:
-    state, directive = make_directive_and_state(env=env, input_lines=input_lines)
+    _, directive = make_directive_and_state(env=env, input_lines=input_lines)
     return directive
 
 
-def make_directive_and_state(*, env: SimpleNamespace, input_lines: StringList | None = None) -> tuple[RSTState, SphinxDirective]:
+def make_directive_and_state(*, env: SimpleNamespace, input_lines: StringList | None = None) -> tuple[RSTState[list[str]], SphinxDirective]:
     sm = RSTStateMachine(state_classes, initial_state='Body')
     sm.reporter = object()
     if input_lines is not None:
         sm.input_lines = input_lines
-    state = RSTState(sm)
+    state: RSTState[list[str]] = RSTState(sm)
     state.document = new_document('<tests>')
     state.document.settings.env = env
     state.document.settings.tab_width = 4