diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-28-20-08-19.gh-issue-123448.tItJlp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-28-20-08-19.gh-issue-123448.tItJlp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a57c133d435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-28-20-08-19.gh-issue-123448.tItJlp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed memory leak of :class:`typing.NoDefault` by moving it to the static types
+array.
diff --git a/Modules/_typingmodule.c b/Modules/_typingmodule.c
index 37af00f3071..09fbb3c5e8b 100644
--- a/Modules/_typingmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_typingmodule.c
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ _typing_exec(PyObject *m)
     if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(m, "TypeAliasType", (PyObject *)&_PyTypeAlias_Type) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
-    if (PyType_Ready(&_PyNoDefault_Type) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
     if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(m, "NoDefault", (PyObject *)&_Py_NoDefaultStruct) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 8799825d8b4..cbf576d5e5a 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -2324,6 +2324,7 @@ static PyTypeObject* static_types[] = {
     &_PyWeakref_ProxyType,
     &_PyWeakref_RefType,
     &_PyTypeAlias_Type,
+    &_PyNoDefault_Type,
 
     // subclasses: _PyTypes_FiniTypes() deallocates them before their base
     // class