diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index e46a0aa044b6d..e5ebfbec75401 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -10683,11 +10683,11 @@ def _where(
             if not isinstance(cond, ABCDataFrame):
                 # This is a single-dimensional object.
                 if not is_bool_dtype(cond):
-                    raise ValueError(msg.format(dtype=cond.dtype))
+                    raise TypeError(msg.format(dtype=cond.dtype))
             else:
                 for _dt in cond.dtypes:
                     if not is_bool_dtype(_dt):
-                        raise ValueError(msg.format(dtype=_dt))
+                        raise TypeError(msg.format(dtype=_dt))
                 if cond._mgr.any_extension_types:
                     # GH51574: avoid object ndarray conversion later on
                     cond = cond._constructor(
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
index 3d36d0471f02f..c0b15c849594e 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def test_where_invalid_input_single(self, cond):
         df = DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})
         msg = "Boolean array expected for the condition"
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             df.where(cond)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def test_where_invalid_input_multiple(self, cond):
         df = DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3], "b": [2, 2, 2]})
         msg = "Boolean array expected for the condition"
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             df.where(cond)
 
     def test_where_dataframe_col_match(self):
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def test_where_ndframe_align(self):
         df = DataFrame([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])
 
         cond = [True]
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             df.where(cond)
 
         expected = DataFrame([[1, 2, 3], [np.nan, np.nan, np.nan]])
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def test_where_ndframe_align(self):
         tm.assert_frame_equal(out, expected)
 
         cond = np.array([False, True, False, True])
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             df.where(cond)
 
         expected = DataFrame([[np.nan, np.nan, np.nan], [4, 5, 6]])