diff --git a/pandas/_typing.py b/pandas/_typing.py
index 08096569c61a7d..dc51c04447bef3 100644
--- a/pandas/_typing.py
+++ b/pandas/_typing.py
@@ -328,3 +328,6 @@ def closed(self) -> bool:
 
 # plotting
 PlottingOrientation = Literal["horizontal", "vertical"]
+
+# dropna
+AnyAll = Literal["any", "all"]
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 52b5dd87f58f49..516ed2b1076e10 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 )
 from pandas._typing import (
     AggFuncType,
+    AnyAll,
     AnyArrayLike,
     ArrayLike,
     Axes,
@@ -6423,7 +6424,7 @@ def dropna(
         self,
         *,
         axis: Axis = ...,
-        how: Literal["any", "all"] | NoDefault = ...,
+        how: AnyAll | NoDefault = ...,
         thresh: int | NoDefault = ...,
         subset: IndexLabel = ...,
         inplace: Literal[False] = ...,
@@ -6435,7 +6436,7 @@ def dropna(
         self,
         *,
         axis: Axis = ...,
-        how: Literal["any", "all"] | NoDefault = ...,
+        how: AnyAll | NoDefault = ...,
         thresh: int | NoDefault = ...,
         subset: IndexLabel = ...,
         inplace: Literal[True],
@@ -6446,7 +6447,7 @@ def dropna(
     def dropna(
         self,
         axis: Axis = 0,
-        how: Literal["any", "all"] | NoDefault = no_default,
+        how: AnyAll | NoDefault = no_default,
         thresh: int | NoDefault = no_default,
         subset: IndexLabel = None,
         inplace: bool = False,
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
index 88f3de52276daa..6da1b22b5a1dcc 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/base.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     tz_compare,
 )
 from pandas._typing import (
+    AnyAll,
     ArrayLike,
     Axes,
     Dtype,
@@ -2971,7 +2972,7 @@ def fillna(self, value=None, downcast=None):
             )
         return self._view()
 
-    def dropna(self: _IndexT, how: Literal["any", "all"] = "any") -> _IndexT:
+    def dropna(self: _IndexT, how: AnyAll = "any") -> _IndexT:
         """
         Return Index without NA/NaN values.
 
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
index c524a448ae0451..5d751e173fc136 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 )
 from pandas._libs.hashtable import duplicated
 from pandas._typing import (
+    AnyAll,
     AnyArrayLike,
     DtypeObj,
     F,
@@ -1634,7 +1635,7 @@ def fillna(self, value=None, downcast=None):
         raise NotImplementedError("isna is not defined for MultiIndex")
 
     @doc(Index.dropna)
-    def dropna(self, how: Literal["any", "all"] = "any") -> MultiIndex:
+    def dropna(self, how: AnyAll = "any") -> MultiIndex:
         nans = [level_codes == -1 for level_codes in self.codes]
         if how == "any":
             indexer = np.any(nans, axis=0)
diff --git a/pandas/core/series.py b/pandas/core/series.py
index 1978caccec3393..bf313925905f7f 100644
--- a/pandas/core/series.py
+++ b/pandas/core/series.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from pandas._libs.lib import no_default
 from pandas._typing import (
     AggFuncType,
+    AnyAll,
     AnyArrayLike,
     ArrayLike,
     Axis,
@@ -5735,7 +5736,7 @@ def dropna(
         *,
         axis: Axis = ...,
         inplace: Literal[False] = ...,
-        how: Literal["any", "all"] | None = ...,
+        how: AnyAll | None = ...,
     ) -> Series:
         ...
 
@@ -5745,7 +5746,7 @@ def dropna(
         *,
         axis: Axis = ...,
         inplace: Literal[True],
-        how: Literal["any", "all"] | None = ...,
+        how: AnyAll | None = ...,
     ) -> None:
         ...
 
@@ -5754,7 +5755,7 @@ def dropna(
         self,
         axis: Axis = 0,
         inplace: bool = False,
-        how: Literal["any", "all"] | None = None,
+        how: AnyAll | None = None,
     ) -> Series | None:
         """
         Return a new Series with missing values removed.