diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
index 0766aa586..f80b65bd6 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/frame.pyi
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from pandas._typing import (
     AggFuncType,
     AggFuncTypeBase,
     AggFuncTypeDict,
+    AnyArrayLike,
     ArrayLike,
     Axes,
     Axis,
@@ -1049,9 +1050,9 @@ class DataFrame(NDFrame, OpsMixin):
         self,
         right: DataFrame | Series,
         how: MergeHow = ...,
-        on: IndexLabel | None = ...,
-        left_on: IndexLabel | None = ...,
-        right_on: IndexLabel | None = ...,
+        on: IndexLabel | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+        left_on: IndexLabel | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+        right_on: IndexLabel | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
         left_index: _bool = ...,
         right_index: _bool = ...,
         sort: _bool = ...,
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/reshape/merge.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/reshape/merge.pyi
index b9f441670..8233f51c2 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/reshape/merge.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/reshape/merge.pyi
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ from pandas import (
 )
 
 from pandas._libs.tslibs import Timedelta
-from pandas._typing import Label
+from pandas._typing import (
+    AnyArrayLike,
+    Label,
+)
 
 def merge(
     left: DataFrame | Series,
     right: DataFrame | Series,
     how: str = ...,
-    on: Label | Sequence | None = ...,
-    left_on: Label | Sequence | None = ...,
-    right_on: Label | Sequence | None = ...,
+    on: Label | Sequence | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+    left_on: Label | Sequence | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+    right_on: Label | Sequence | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
     left_index: bool = ...,
     right_index: bool = ...,
     sort: bool = ...,
@@ -26,9 +29,9 @@ def merge(
 def merge_ordered(
     left: DataFrame | Series,
     right: DataFrame | Series,
-    on: Label | Sequence | None = ...,
-    left_on: Label | Sequence | None = ...,
-    right_on: Label | Sequence | None = ...,
+    on: Label | Sequence | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+    left_on: Label | Sequence | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+    right_on: Label | Sequence | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
     left_by: str | list[str] | None = ...,
     right_by: str | list[str] | None = ...,
     fill_method: str | None = ...,
@@ -39,8 +42,8 @@ def merge_asof(
     left: DataFrame | Series,
     right: DataFrame | Series,
     on: Label | None = ...,
-    left_on: Label | None = ...,
-    right_on: Label | None = ...,
+    left_on: Label | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
+    right_on: Label | AnyArrayLike | None = ...,
     left_index: bool = ...,
     right_index: bool = ...,
     by: str | list[str] | None = ...,
diff --git a/tests/test_merge.py b/tests/test_merge.py
index 9621ccb30..92ce63acb 100644
--- a/tests/test_merge.py
+++ b/tests/test_merge.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+from typing_extensions import assert_type
+
+from tests import check
 
 
 def test_types_merge() -> None:
@@ -8,3 +12,126 @@ def test_types_merge() -> None:
     df2 = pd.DataFrame(data={"col1": [1, 1, 2], "col2": [0, 1, 0]})
     columns = ["col1", "col2"]
     df.merge(df2, on=columns)
+
+    check(
+        assert_type(df.merge(df2, on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(df.merge(df2, on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3])), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(df.merge(df2, on=np.array([1, 2, 3])), pd.DataFrame), pd.DataFrame
+    )
+
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            df.merge(df2, left_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            df.merge(df2, left_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            df.merge(df2, left_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3])),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            df.merge(df2, left_on=np.array([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            df.merge(df2, left_on=np.array([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3])),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            df.merge(df2, left_on=np.array([1, 2, 3]), right_on=np.array([1, 2, 3])),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+
+    check(
+        assert_type(pd.merge(df, df2, on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])), pd.DataFrame),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(pd.merge(df, df2, on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3])), pd.DataFrame),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(pd.merge(df, df2, on=np.array([1, 2, 3])), pd.DataFrame),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.merge(
+                df, df2, left_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.merge(
+                df, df2, left_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.merge(
+                df, df2, left_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3])
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.merge(
+                df, df2, left_on=np.array([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Series([1, 2, 3])
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.merge(
+                df, df2, left_on=np.array([1, 2, 3]), right_on=pd.Index([1, 2, 3])
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )
+    check(
+        assert_type(
+            pd.merge(
+                df, df2, left_on=np.array([1, 2, 3]), right_on=np.array([1, 2, 3])
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        ),
+        pd.DataFrame,
+    )