diff --git a/pandas/io/excel/_xlsxwriter.py b/pandas/io/excel/_xlsxwriter.py
index 6eacac8c064fb..e7a9789ccd0f3 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel/_xlsxwriter.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel/_xlsxwriter.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         try:
-            self._book = Workbook(self._handles.handle, **engine_kwargs)
+            self._book = Workbook(self._handles.handle, **engine_kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         except TypeError:
             self._handles.handle.close()
             raise