diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/sanic.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/sanic.py
index f2f9b8168e..46250926ef 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/sanic.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/sanic.py
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@
     from typing import Callable
     from typing import Optional
     from typing import Union
-    from typing import Tuple
     from typing import Dict
 
     from sanic.request import Request, RequestParameters
     from sanic.response import BaseHTTPResponse
 
-    from sentry_sdk._types import Event, EventProcessor, Hint
+    from sentry_sdk._types import Event, EventProcessor, ExcInfo, Hint
     from sanic.router import Route
 
 try:
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ def _legacy_router_get(self, *args):
 
 @ensure_integration_enabled(SanicIntegration)
 def _capture_exception(exception):
-    # type: (Union[Tuple[Optional[type], Optional[BaseException], Any], BaseException]) -> None
+    # type: (Union[ExcInfo, BaseException]) -> None
     with capture_internal_exceptions():
         event, hint = event_from_exception(
             exception,
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
index 400a482dd3..5006e6323a 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 from functools import partial, partialmethod, wraps
 from numbers import Real
+from typing import cast
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote, urlencode, urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
 try:
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 import sentry_sdk
 import sentry_sdk.hub
 from sentry_sdk._compat import PY37
+from sentry_sdk._types import ExcInfo  # This type must be available at runtime!
 from sentry_sdk._types import TYPE_CHECKING
 from sentry_sdk.consts import DEFAULT_MAX_VALUE_LENGTH, EndpointType
 
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@
     from typing import (
         Any,
         Callable,
-        cast,
         ContextManager,
         Dict,
         Iterator,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
     from gevent.hub import Hub
 
     import sentry_sdk.integrations
-    from sentry_sdk._types import Event, ExcInfo
+    from sentry_sdk._types import Event
 
     P = ParamSpec("P")
     R = TypeVar("R")
@@ -1012,7 +1013,10 @@ def exc_info_from_error(error):
     else:
         raise ValueError("Expected Exception object to report, got %s!" % type(error))
 
-    return exc_type, exc_value, tb
+    # This cast is safe because exc_type and exc_value are either both
+    # None or both not None.
+    exc_info = cast(ExcInfo, (exc_type, exc_value, tb))
+    return exc_info
 
 
 def event_from_exception(