diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi
index 59fd6a52f5..174201fefd 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/event.pyi
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ from pygame import Window, constants as _c
 
 class Event(EventLike):
     type: int
-    __dict__: dict[str, Any]
-    dict: dict[str, Any]  # type: ignore
 
     @overload
     def __init__(
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ class Event(EventLike):
     ) -> None: ...
     @overload
     def __init__(
-        self, dict: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None, **kwargs: Any
+        self, dict: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> None: ...
 
     def __getattribute__(self, name: str) -> Any: ...
diff --git a/src_py/event.py b/src_py/event.py
index 5e1045d993..fb97f00c0e 100644
--- a/src_py/event.py
+++ b/src_py/event.py
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: Any):
     def __delattr__(self, name: str) -> None:
         del self._dict[name]
 
+    def __dir__(self):
+        ret = super().__dir__()
+        ret = (*ret, *self._dict.keys())
+        return ret
+
 
 EventType = Event
 _register_event_class(Event)
diff --git a/test/time_test.py b/test/time_test.py
index d996186e17..08e2d31e83 100644
--- a/test/time_test.py
+++ b/test/time_test.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def test_multiple_timers(self):
                     set_time, set_dict, repeat, stop = events_tests_dict[event.type]
                     # measure time for each event, should almost match expected time
                     self.assertAlmostEqual(
-                        (now_time - times[event.type]) * 1000, set_time, delta=6
+                        (now_time - times[event.type]) * 1000, set_time, delta=8
                     )
 
                     # the dict attribute should be the same reference, if it exists