diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts
index a1e8132cdc..f1edcdaeef 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/fetch.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { FetchOptions } from 'ohmyfetch'
+import type { FetchError, FetchOptions } from 'ohmyfetch'
 import type { TypedInternalResponse, NitroFetchRequest } from 'nitropack'
 import { computed, isRef, Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { AsyncDataOptions, _Transform, KeyOfRes, AsyncData, PickFrom } from './asyncData'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface UseFetchOptions<
 
 export function useFetch<
   ResT = void,
-  ErrorT = Error,
+  ErrorT = FetchError,
   ReqT extends NitroFetchRequest = NitroFetchRequest,
   _ResT = ResT extends void ? FetchResult<ReqT> : ResT,
   Transform extends (res: _ResT) => any = (res: _ResT) => _ResT,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function useFetch<
 ): AsyncData<PickFrom<ReturnType<Transform>, PickKeys>, ErrorT | null | true>
 export function useFetch<
   ResT = void,
-  ErrorT = Error,
+  ErrorT = FetchError,
   ReqT extends NitroFetchRequest = NitroFetchRequest,
   _ResT = ResT extends void ? FetchResult<ReqT> : ResT,
   Transform extends (res: _ResT) => any = (res: _ResT) => _ResT,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function useFetch<
 
 export function useLazyFetch<
   ResT = void,
-  ErrorT = Error,
+  ErrorT = FetchError,
   ReqT extends NitroFetchRequest = NitroFetchRequest,
   _ResT = ResT extends void ? FetchResult<ReqT> : ResT,
   Transform extends (res: _ResT) => any = (res: _ResT) => _ResT,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function useLazyFetch<
 ): AsyncData<PickFrom<ReturnType<Transform>, PickKeys>, ErrorT | null | true>
 export function useLazyFetch<
   ResT = void,
-  ErrorT = Error,
+  ErrorT = FetchError,
   ReqT extends NitroFetchRequest = NitroFetchRequest,
   _ResT = ResT extends void ? FetchResult<ReqT> : ResT,
   Transform extends (res: _ResT) => any = (res: _ResT) => _ResT,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/types.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/types.ts
index 5fc5894e9a..07dab0835e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/types.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/types.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { describe, it } from 'vitest'
 import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { AppConfig } from '@nuxt/schema'
 
+import type { FetchError } from 'ohmyfetch'
 import { NavigationFailure, RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded, RouteLocationRaw, useRouter as vueUseRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { defineNuxtConfig } from '~~/../../../packages/nuxt/src'
 import type { NavigateToOptions } from '~~/../../../packages/nuxt/dist/app/composables/router'
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ describe('API routes', () => {
     expectTypeOf(useFetch('/api/other').data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<unknown>>()
     expectTypeOf(useFetch<TestResponse>('/test').data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<TestResponse>>()
 
-    expectTypeOf(useFetch('/error').error).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<Error | null | true>>()
+    expectTypeOf(useFetch('/error').error).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<FetchError | null | true>>()
     expectTypeOf(useFetch<any, string>('/error').error).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<string | null | true>>()
 
     expectTypeOf(useLazyFetch('/api/hello').data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<string>>()
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ describe('API routes', () => {
     expectTypeOf(useLazyFetch('/api/other').data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<unknown>>()
     expectTypeOf(useLazyFetch<TestResponse>('/test').data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<TestResponse>>()
 
-    expectTypeOf(useLazyFetch('/error').error).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<Error | null | true>>()
+    expectTypeOf(useLazyFetch('/error').error).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<FetchError | null | true>>()
     expectTypeOf(useLazyFetch<any, string>('/error').error).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<string | null | true>>()
   })
 })