diff --git a/sorts/recursive_quick_sort.py b/sorts/recursive_quick_sort.py
index c29009aca673..d71e79fd6450 100644
--- a/sorts/recursive_quick_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/recursive_quick_sort.py
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-def quick_sort(data: list) -> list:
+from typing import Any, Protocol
+
+
+class Comparable(Protocol):
+    def __lt__(self, other: Any, /) -> bool: ...
+
+
+def quick_sort[T: Comparable](data: list[T]) -> list[T]:
     """
     >>> for data in ([2, 1, 0], [2.2, 1.1, 0], "quick_sort"):
     ...     quick_sort(data) == sorted(data)
     True
     True
     True
+
+    >>> quick_sort([1, "a"])
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+    TypeError: '<=' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'
     """
     if len(data) <= 1:
         return data
diff --git a/tests/test_sorts.py b/tests/test_sorts.py
index 8338cbb69ca6..c2e20f1aaf55 100644
--- a/tests/test_sorts.py
+++ b/tests/test_sorts.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 from sorts.quick_sort_3_partition import three_way_radix_quicksort
 from sorts.recursive_insertion_sort import rec_insertion_sort
 from sorts.recursive_mergesort_array import merge
+from sorts.recursive_quick_sort import quick_sort as recursive_quick_sort
 from sorts.reverse_selection import reverse_selection_sort
 from sorts.reversort import reversort
 from sorts.selection_sort import selection_sort
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ def test_heap_sort() -> None:
     pancake_sort,
     patience_sort,
     quick_sort,
+    recursive_quick_sort,
     reverse_selection_sort,
     reversort,
     selection_sort,
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ def test_rec_insertion_sort(case) -> None:
         odd_even_transposition,
         pancake_sort,
         patience_sort,
+        recursive_quick_sort,
         reverse_selection_sort,
         reversort,
         selection_sort,