diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e2ae92f2a..84930fda2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Supports Python **3.10 and newer**.
    >>> now_in_paris
    '2016-07-04T00:49:58.502116+02:00'
 
+   # Standard library timezone objects work too
+   >>> from datetime import timezone as datetime_timezone
+   >>> pendulum.now(datetime_timezone.utc).is_utc()
+   True
+
    # Seamless timezone switching
    >>> now_in_paris.in_timezone('UTC')
    '2016-07-03T22:49:58.502116+00:00'
diff --git a/docs/docs/instantiation.md b/docs/docs/instantiation.md
index a49c6a26c..0223fb94f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/instantiation.md
+++ b/docs/docs/instantiation.md
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ There is also the `now()` method.
 'Europe/London'
 ```
 
+`now()` also accepts standard library `datetime.tzinfo` objects, including
+`datetime.timezone.utc` and `zoneinfo.ZoneInfo`.
+
 To accompany `now()`, a few other static instantiation helpers exist to create known instances.
 The only thing to really notice here is that `today()`, `tomorrow()` and `yesterday()`,
 besides behaving as expected, all accept a timezone parameter
diff --git a/src/pendulum/__init__.py b/src/pendulum/__init__.py
index 16ae0865c..4625f8568 100644
--- a/src/pendulum/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pendulum/__init__.py
@@ -238,28 +238,28 @@ def instance(
     return DateTime.instance(obj, tz=tz)
 
 
-def now(tz: str | Timezone | None = None) -> DateTime:
+def now(tz: str | _datetime.tzinfo | None = None) -> DateTime:
     """
     Get a DateTime instance for the current date and time.
     """
     return DateTime.now(tz)
 
 
-def today(tz: str | Timezone = "local") -> DateTime:
+def today(tz: str | _datetime.tzinfo = "local") -> DateTime:
     """
     Create a DateTime instance for today.
     """
     return now(tz).start_of("day")
 
 
-def tomorrow(tz: str | Timezone = "local") -> DateTime:
+def tomorrow(tz: str | _datetime.tzinfo = "local") -> DateTime:
     """
     Create a DateTime instance for tomorrow.
     """
     return today(tz).add(days=1)
 
 
-def yesterday(tz: str | Timezone = "local") -> DateTime:
+def yesterday(tz: str | _datetime.tzinfo = "local") -> DateTime:
     """
     Create a DateTime instance for yesterday.
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 76033450a..9ebefb947 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import time
+from datetime import timezone as datetime_timezone
 
 from dateutil import tz
 
@@ -15,6 +16,27 @@
 from pendulum.tz.timezone import Timezone
 
 
+def test_now_helpers_accept_stdlib_timezone() -> None:
+    for value in (
+        pendulum.now(datetime_timezone.utc),
+        pendulum.today(datetime_timezone.utc),
+        pendulum.tomorrow(datetime_timezone.utc),
+        pendulum.yesterday(datetime_timezone.utc),
+    ):
+        assert value.timezone_name == "UTC"
+
+
+def test_now_helpers_accept_zoneinfo_timezone() -> None:
+    paris = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Europe/Paris")
+    for value in (
+        pendulum.now(paris),
+        pendulum.today(paris),
+        pendulum.tomorrow(paris),
+        pendulum.yesterday(paris),
+    ):
+        assert value.timezone_name == "Europe/Paris"
+
+
 def test_instance_with_naive_datetime_defaults_to_utc() -> None:
     now = pendulum.instance(datetime.now())
     assert now.timezone_name == "UTC"