diff --git a/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py b/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py
index 379cef20c5c..c923e55db8b 100644
--- a/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py
+++ b/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from importlib.metadata import EntryPoint, entry_points
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Generic, Optional, Protocol, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Generic, Protocol, TypeVar
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def guess_chunkmanager(
         )
 
 
-def get_chunked_array_type(*args: Any) -> Optional[ChunkManagerEntrypoint[Any]]:
+def get_chunked_array_type(*args: Any) -> ChunkManagerEntrypoint[Any] | None:
     """
     Detects which parallel backend should be used for given set of arrays.
 
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_parallelcompat.py b/xarray/tests/test_parallelcompat.py
index d4a4e273bc0..a96ed31c04b 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_parallelcompat.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_parallelcompat.py
@@ -195,10 +195,7 @@ def test_raise_if_no_arrays_chunked(self, register_dummy_chunkmanager) -> None:
     def test_raise_if_no_matching_chunkmanagers(self) -> None:
         dummy_arr = DummyChunkedArray([1, 2, 3])
 
-        with pytest.raises(
-            TypeError, match="Could not find a Chunk Manager which recognises"
-        ):
-            get_chunked_array_type(dummy_arr)
+        assert get_chunked_array_type(dummy_arr) is None
 
     @requires_dask
     def test_detect_dask_if_installed(self) -> None: