diff --git a/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py b/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py
index 052f2e24b..b5ec3d415 100644
--- a/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py
+++ b/src/anndata/compat/__init__.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Empty:
     | tuple[IndexRest, Index1D]
     | tuple[Index1D, Index1D, EllipsisType]
     | tuple[EllipsisType, Index1D, Index1D]
+    | tuple[Index1D, EllipsisType, Index1D]
     | scipy.sparse.spmatrix
     | SpArray
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_backed_sparse.py b/tests/test_backed_sparse.py
index c571f2ee6..0050c5111 100644
--- a/tests/test_backed_sparse.py
+++ b/tests/test_backed_sparse.py
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ def test_backed_indexing(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "indexing_func",
     [
-        lambda x: (Ellipsis, slice(0, 10)),
-        lambda x: (slice(0, 10), Ellipsis),
-        lambda x: (slice(0, 10), slice(0, 10), Ellipsis),
-        lambda x: (Ellipsis, slice(0, 10), slice(0, 10)),
+        (..., slice(0, 10)),
+        (slice(0, 10), ...),
+        (slice(0, 10), slice(0, 10), ...),
+        (..., slice(0, 10), slice(0, 10)),
+        (slice(0, 10), ..., slice(0, 10)),
     ],
     ids=["obs-ellipsis", "var-ellipsis", "obs-var-ellipsis", "ellipsis-obs-var"],
 )