diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
index 59db9bd327..41091a6f47 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { H3Event } from 'h3'
 import { setResponseStatus as _setResponseStatus, appendHeader, getRequestHeader, getRequestHeaders, getResponseHeader, removeResponseHeader, setResponseHeader } from 'h3'
 import { computed, getCurrentInstance, ref } from 'vue'
 import { useServerHead } from '@unhead/vue'
+import type { H3Event$Fetch } from 'nitro/types'
 
 import type { NuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
 import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
@@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ export function useRequestHeader (header: string) {
 }
 
 /** @since 3.2.0 */
-export function useRequestFetch (): typeof global.$fetch {
+export function useRequestFetch (): H3Event$Fetch | typeof global.$fetch {
   if (import.meta.client) {
     return globalThis.$fetch
   }
-  return useRequestEvent()?.$fetch as typeof globalThis.$fetch || globalThis.$fetch
+  return useRequestEvent()?.$fetch || globalThis.$fetch
 }
 
 /** @since 3.0.0 */
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic-types/types.ts b/test/fixtures/basic-types/types.ts
index 5b9f7b9883..7e022eaa0e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic-types/types.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic-types/types.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ describe('API routes', () => {
     expectTypeOf($fetch<TestResponse>('/test')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<TestResponse>>()
   })
 
+  it('works with useRequestFetch', () => {
+    const $fetch = useRequestFetch()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/hello')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<string>>()
+    // registered in extends
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/foo')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<string>>()
+    // registered in module
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/auto-registered-module')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<string>>()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/hey')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ foo: string, baz: string }>>()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/hey', { method: 'get' })).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ foo: string, baz: string }>>()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/hey', { method: 'post' })).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ method: 'post' }>>()
+    // @ts-expect-error not a valid method
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/hey', { method: 'patch ' })).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ foo: string, baz: string }>>()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/union')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ type: 'a', foo: string } | { type: 'b', baz: string }>>()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch('/api/other')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<unknown>>()
+    expectTypeOf($fetch<TestResponse>('/test')).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<TestResponse>>()
+  })
+
   it('works with useAsyncData', () => {
     expectTypeOf(useAsyncData('api-hello', () => $fetch('/api/hello')).data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<string | DefaultAsyncDataValue>>()
     expectTypeOf(useAsyncData('api-hey', () => $fetch('/api/hey')).data).toEqualTypeOf<Ref<{ foo: string, baz: string } | DefaultAsyncDataValue>>()